EVANDER – Mr Mongezi Gladwin Mdeliswa appeared in the Evander Regional Court recently on a murder charge.
He is connected to the murder of Mr Louis van der Hoven (42) who died on Monday, 10 July last year after he was stabbed with a knife on Friday, 7 July.
After Mr Van der Hoven was stabbed, he was rushed to hospital where he was placed on an oxygen machine.
Mr Van der Hoven was reportedly on his way to attend an event and stopped to give a few hitchhikers a lift.
He said they could ride on the back of his bakkie. The hitchhikers allegedly began fighting and Mr Van der Hoven stopped the vehicle and asked them to get off.
One of the men allegedly began assaulting a woman and Mr Van der Hoven tried to intervene when he was stabbed in the eye with a knife.
Mr Van der Hoven was involved with building projects at Terra Nova in Trichardt.
Mr Mdeliswa’s case was postponed and he will appear in the Evander Regional Court again on 23 January.
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