Boyfriend confesses to murder of missing woman (57)
57-year-old Sarah Makhubele who was reported missing on Thursday, 21 November
LIMPOPO – The body of 57-year-old Sarah Makhubele who was reported missing on Thursday, 21 November was found buried in a shallow grave at Xihosana village outside Malamulele. This after the boyfriend of the deceased confessed to her murder and pointed out the shallow grave to the police on Wednesday, 27 November.
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The murder of Makhubele comes within days of the stabbing and alleged rape of TVET student Precious Ramabulana and the MEC for Social Development, Nkakareng Rakgoale in a statement called on residents to stand up and say enough is enough. “This happens at a time when we observe 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children and I want to echo President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that there’s a societal problem which needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.”
She further called on the courts not to grant the accused bail.
Social workers have been dispatched to the area to immediately start providing psycho-social support services to the family of the deceased and those affected by the incident, Rakgoale concluded.
