Mpumalanga woman sets self alight

According to Kabokweni police spokesperson Captain Shirley Ngomane, the incident happened on Tuesday at about 2pm, Mpumalanga News reported.

“Apparently her older sister left her alone and went to a nearby clinic and was surprised when she found the house empty. She then went to investigate and made the gruesome discovery at the place where they store firewood,” Ngomane said. Upon investigating, the older sister found the remains of the woman burning in fire. The exact details of the incident are still unclear, Ngomane added.

In March a man set himself alight, along with his four-year-old grandchild, in his car in Azaadville, Krugersdorp, on Gauteng’s West Rand. Provincial police spokesperson Kay Makhubela said the boy’s father had gone to work with his wife when he received a call from his father-in-law, who said he had the boy and was going to kill him by setting alight a car with the boy inside. “Police were notified, and they searched for the car. They found it in Azaadville, but they were too late, as the car already was on fire,” Makhubela said.

– Caxton News Service