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Woman fatally stabs boyfriend in Mahalapye

Knife with blood
Knife with blood

A 44-year-old woman from Thomadithotse Ward in Mahalapye is expected to appear before the Mahalapye Magistrate's Court this week on a single count of murder.

Her court appearance comes after she allegedly stabbed her 26-year-old boyfriend to death following a domestic dispute on Sunday night. Police said they received the report at around 8pm and immediately attended the scene.

Mahalapye Police Station commander, Superintendent Ntoko Simane, said the couple was in a romantic relationship.

Editor's Comment
Violence doesn't solve anything!

Our weekly edition carries painful articles of people being murdered. Whilst some are classified as Gender Based Violence (GBV), there are still a large percentage of murder cases, which often happen at drinking spots, after people are heavily intoxicated. We have in the past carried articles where an individual was murdered because they refused to give someone a cigarette, and sadly this is where we are at now!In this very edition, there is an...

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