/ 26 January 2001

CASE OF THE MISSING GENITALS IN COURT

AN Mpumalanga man who apparently murdered his common-law wife and cut off her genitals has appeared briefly in the Nelspruit District Court. Simon Norman Mbewe, 31, was not asked to plead on a charge murdering Lebohang Sekaneng, 25, at their house at Bhamjee squatter camp near Nelspruit, in December. Mbewe was arrested after people going to work found Sekaneng’s body. Police are not certain whether the parts have been used for muti purposes or not. – African Eye News Service