Engcobo Magistrate’s Court has postponed the murder case of 32-year-old Nomboleko Simayile, who is accused of bludgeoning her four children with a sledgehammer.
The four children were killed on Wednesday, November 9.
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National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali said Simayile faces four counts of murder.
“The accused had told her father that she had killed her children. They had been sleeping with her in a rondavel at heir homestead at Tsalaba Area in the district of Engcobo, while her aged parents were sleeping in a separate flat within the same homestead,” said Tyali.
“The father alerted his wife and summoned community members after making the gruesome discovery of his grandchildren. All of them had been bludgeoned to death with a hammer.”
Prosecutor Lindelwa Totyi told the court the accused was facing a Schedule 6 offence and therefore bail was opposed.
Simayile will remain in custody until her next court appearance on November 17.
– ISSUED BY NPA
