A black man from Soweto allegedly stuffed a cloth in his wife’s mouth so that she would not make any sound as he hacked her to death with an axe last week.
Andrew Letsholo allegedly struck his wife Palesa three times with an axe in their marital bed and left her there.
When the domestic worker and a neighbour discovered the body hours later, they were severely traumatised.
The helper, who had been working at the house for only three weeks, quit her job immediately and the neighbour’s health has taken a dip since the gruesome discovery.
A relative, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said when Letsholo left his house that morning, he told the helper that Palesa was ill.
Palesa’s mother Portia Nkosi found policemen all over the yard when she arrived.
After pushing past relatives, she was shocked at what she saw. Her daughter’s body lay lifeless on a bed, a hole in her forehead.
“I was confused. I still am confused. I walk around aimlessly, I don’t know how to feel,” she said.
Source: IOL