More information has sprung to light as literally hundreds of people in the Amangwe area have confessed to eating human remains.

32-year-old Nino Mbatha, one of four people arrested, was formally an nyanga (traditional healer) practicing in Ladysmith and allegedly fled to Estcourt for unknown reasons.

At a community meeting held yesterday in the Amangwe area near Estcourt, over 700 people gathered. When questioned by a local councillor, 300 of them admitted visiting Mbatha and knowing he was giving them human flesh to eat as muti (traditional medicine).

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It is unclear at this stage if he practiced cannibalistic traditional medicine while he was an nyanga in Ladysmith.

Police have confirmed that the Provincial Occult Related Crime Unit will be investigating the case.

All four suspects have been remanded into custody. See story HERE

The suspects have been named and they are: Nino Mbatha (32), Lindokhule Masondo (32), Sthembiso Sithole (31) and Lungisani Magubane (30).

Original story:

Officers at Estcourt police station were shocked to their core when a man handed himself over to police on Friday  evening (August 18), claiming he was “tired of eating human flesh”.

Police were skeptical until he produced parts of a human leg and a hand.

Investigating officers immediately began an investigation, leading to the arrest of a further three men.

A total of three men were arrested. It is believed that at least one of the men is a practicing nyanga (traditional healer).

It is believed that the three would rape, kill and eat their female victims.

Police are attempting to link them to other missing person cases in the area.

It is not clear how far and wide they searched for their victims, and Ladysmith (70km from Estcourt) victims have not been ruled out. See original story HERE

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