Sbusiso Wellington Msibi (37) the man accused of raping and murdering his friend’s 25-year-old  girlfriend, appeared in the Dannhauser Magistrate’s Court this morning.  The case was postponed to February 9.

Mr Msibi has been in custody since his arrest in November on charges that he murdered his friend’s girlfriend after raping her at a home in Koppie Allen.

Later, he dragged her body back to her boyfriend’s house and dumped her corpse at the door. Police were called to the scene and the bloodstains led them to Mr Msibi’s house where he was arrested.