Community members from Springvalley were up in arms as another person had been killed in less than a week.
What shocked the community the most is that Ms Thandazile Nkosi’s (19) alleged killer just left her naked body on Wednesday morning, March 8 next to the main path walk from Springvalley to Reyno Ridge.
The crime scene near Springvalley where a 19-year-old woman was murdered on Wednesday morning, March 8.
It is still unclear what happened that evening or in the early hours of the morning to Nkosi.
A person living in Springvalley came across the body of Nkosi and immediately contacted his boss who then phoned the police.
The police responded to the call immediately and also emergency services were called to the scene as well.
She was declared dead by the paramedic that attended the scene.
Ms Thandazile Nkosi’s brother burst into tears on scene when he saw his sister lying lifeless in the bushes.
When her brother arrived on scene and saw his sister’s lifeless body lying in the bushes, he burst into tears.
After she was declared dead, the Local Criminal Record Centre visited the scene and started their investigation where the woman’s top and the sandals were seized.
A murder case and rape case was opened even though there are no signs of murder and no weapon was found on scene.
Nkosi is originally from Kwa-Zulu Natal.
It’s the second murder that has occurred in Springvalley. On March 2 Mr Thulani Sanele Mkhabela (24) was stabbed in the chest which killed him instantly.
A member from Springvalley community comforts Ms Thandazile Nkosi’s brother.
A case of attempted murder was opened at Witbank Police Station on Tuesday, March 7 at 08:00.
The incident occured when a woman was on her way home after dropping her kids off at school. She was on her way back to the farm and was driving a gold Toyota Avanza.
When she was about 500 metres in her driveway, she saw an unknown man standing inside the farm and in his hand was a black bag.
The woman then asked if she could help him, by slightly opening her window. That is when the man just started shouting at her and she could not hear what he was saying.
He withdrew a gun from the bag he was carrying. She tried to move the vehicle but the hand break was still on.
The woman who was in shock, shouted at him not to shoot her and then she heard a loud noise, then the glass shattered.
Not knowing what had happened, she noticed all the broken glass and a part of the firearm inside the vehicle.
The woman then drove off and noticed that blood was coming from her head. She drove herself to the doctor’s room where she received treatment.
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