Alleged murder-suicide shocks community of Ha-Mashau

An alleged murder-suicide has left the community of Ha-Mashau Matsindevhe speechless, after the body of a well-known pensioner was found hanging at his house, while the body of his young girlfriend was found in a pool of blood. Their bodies were found last Thursday at Mashau.

The deceased are a pensioner, Mr Samuel Mudau (65), and his 19-year-old girlfriend, Zwiafana Mulaudzi. Mudau was known as Big Bomb and Miss Mulaudzi was a Grade 12 pupil  at Nwaredi High .

The incident left the community and the family with many unanswered questions. The spokesperson for the Levubu police, W/O Solly Mukhola, confirmed the incident. "We suspect that the incident might have happened on Wednesday. When we were called last Thursday, we discovered Zwiafana's lifeless body inside the house." He added that Mudau was hanging from the roof..

"It appeared that the man had killed his girlfriend before he committed suicide. We discovered a panga lying next to Zwiafana´s body."

He added that the police had opened a case of murder and they had also opened an inquest docket. "We do not know whether the man committed suicide after killing his girlfriend or whether they were both killed by someone else. Investigations are still continuing to determine what had really happened," said Mukhola.

He is calling upon all people who might be having marital problems to consult the social workers for counselling, rather than resorting to killing each other.

"We were so baffled when we heard that the two of them had died," said one of Zwiafana's schoolmates. Zwiafana sister, Ms Wendy Malaudzi, said that the family was unable to accept the loss. "It is really painful. She was still young and did not deserve to die like that," she said. She added that the family had still expected a lot from Zwiafana. "She was very focused on education, and I expected her to complete her studies, so that she could help the family." 

 Zwiafana left a three-year-old girl, who was fathered by Mudau.

According to the family members, the two will be laid to rest at the Mashau cemetery tomorrow (Saturday).

Date:07 May 2015

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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