The KwaDweshula community in Umzumbe, KZN, is troubled again after the slaying of Sanathoria Mhlongo (57) who was brutally murdered last Saturday night.
Her body was discovered on Sunday after police were informed that she was missing and that bloodstains … Read the rest
The KwaDweshula community in Umzumbe, KZN, is troubled again after the slaying of Sanathoria Mhlongo (57) who was brutally murdered last Saturday night.
Her body was discovered on Sunday after police were informed that she was missing and that bloodstains … Read the rest
The body of a KwaZulu-Natal woman who went missing two weeks ago has been found dismembered and buried in a shallow grave, police said on Monday.
Three black men, aged between 18 and 20, were arrested on Sunday for the … Read the rest
A lucrative black market exists for the body parts of albinos, who are believed by some to possess magical powers that can bring good luck. But as police in Tanzania crack down on the grisly trade, activists in neighbouring Malawi … Read the rest
A rare animal, a jaguar cub was stolen from the Bloemfontein Zoo and allegedly used for muti, Free State police said.
Muti is a term for “traditional medicine” or witchcraft in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika. The … Read the rest
In the rural areas of Tanzania, men, women, and children with albinism–a lack of pigment that makes them appear glaringly white–are waging an extensive human rights campaign against communities who routinely attack them for their hair or body parts, used … Read the rest
Erasmia police in Gauteng have started an investigation after decomposed human remains were found in a suitcase on Wednesday morning (1 October).
Spokesperson Constable Tumisang Moloto said police were called to the R511 road in Erasmia at 07:30 by a … Read the rest
On Monday 18 August 2014, at approximately 08:30, police received a call of a decapitated body at the Shallcross Stadium, Chatsworth and immediately responded to the scene. On arrival they found a body of a woman who had been murdered. … Read the rest
An angry black mob tried to burn down a church on Monday after the dismembered body parts of 4-year-old Lungisani Ntuli were found in a room on the property.
The volatile community of Ncotshane village in Phongolo, northern KwaZulu-Natal, set … Read the rest
Two black foreigners and a South African woman appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court for allegedly eating a dog while it was alive.
Inspector Suzette Kotzé of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from the Stilfontein branch … Read the rest
“We took some of the flesh of the security [officer]. It was to make our muti strong.”
This was one of the confessions made by Mr X during his first day of testifying at the Marikana commission on Thursday.
Mr … Read the rest
An alleged cannibal accused of killing a Gugulethu man and eating his heart with a knife and fork, cried in court.
Andrew “Master Benson” Chimbozo, 34, appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. His bail application was postponed until … Read the rest
An alleged cannibal accused of killing a Gugulethu man and eating his heart with a knife and fork, cried in court.
Andrew “Master Benson” Chimbozo, 34, appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. His bail application was postponed until … Read the rest
Two witch doctors have been arrested after an albino woman was found murdered and mutilated in Tanzania.
Police in the Simiyu region said the 40-year-old victim was murdered overnight earlier this month and the attackers had hacked off her left … Read the rest
A Lesotho national accused of chopping up two people and boiling the heart of one of them is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Lehlohonolo Joseph Scott, 26, is charged with two counts of murder and … Read the rest
Eleven human foetuses have been found in a bucket at a taxi rank in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape.
SABC news reports Lieutenant Nkosikho Mzuku said taxi commuters alerted police to the remains.
No one had been arrested by Wednesday … Read the rest
