{"id":57040,"date":"2023-01-13T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/distant-cousin-charged-for-lihles-10-murder-20230113\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:29:30","slug":"distant-cousin-charged-for-lihles-10-murder-20230113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/distant-cousin-charged-for-lihles-10-murder-20230113\/","title":{"rendered":"Distant cousin charged for Lihle\u2019s (10) murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Relatives of 10-year-old Lihle Zenzile Tuesday gathered in<br>\nthe home where her body had been found in a white trunk in her parents\u2019 bedroom<br>\nthe Friday night before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_aa8d39d2\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"10-year-old murdered by distant cousin\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7902\/c383dd58484345a189f2fde0b24b698a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1e0e8cad791e4a048f3d99a46a9290c4.jpg\" title=\"Lihle Zenzile (10) will be remembered as the cutest, friendliest and most helpful girl.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Lihle Zenzile (10) will be remembered as the cutest, friendliest and most helpful girl.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A distant cousin, Ayabulela Zenzile (18), who lived in the<br>\nsame house in Lazola Street, Mbekweni, would later hand himself over to police<br>\nand confess to her murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was confirmed by police spokesperson WO Nceba Vanqa.<br>\n\u201cThe suspect, Ayabulela Zenzile, appeared in Paarl Magistrates\u2019 Court on Monday<br>\non a charge of murder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although a missing person\u2019s case was not formally opened,<br>\nVanqa said the community was on the lookout for Zenzile. Police went to inspect<br>\nthe family\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHer body was found only after the suspect had come along<br>\nand confessed to the killing. The body was found in a trunk [kist], under some<br>\nclothes, inside the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of her relatives whom Lihle referred to as \u201couma\u201d, Sanna<br>\nTiso, told Paarl Post her last known whereabouts was at her friend\u2019s home,<br>\nclose to her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHer mother was working a shift at Checkers, while her<br>\nfather had taken another child to hospital,\u201d&nbsp;<br>\nshe said. \u201cWe suspect she may have returned home to wash-up late on<br>\nFriday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a0dd9ed3\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"10-year-old murdered by distant cousin\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7902\/1c56c9230f6347a2ab54eb104dded592.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9a2b9d4610ff429fb376c35fdf13bb62.jpeg\" title=\"Lihle's aunts, Dina Ndabakayies and Sanna 'Ouma' Tiso, traveled to Mbekweni to support her grieving parents. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Lihle\u2019s aunts, Dina Ndabakayies and Sanna \u2018Ouma\u2019 Tiso, traveled to Mbekweni to support her grieving parents. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Heleen Rossouw<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The family can only speculate what happened next, since the<br>\nsuspect was the only person at home at the time of Lihle\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think he strangled her while she was bathing and then<br>\nstashed her body in that trunk,\u201d said Tiso. \u201cHe pretended not to know where she<br>\nwas, all the while stashing her body in this very house!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked how little Lihle would be remembered elicited almost a<br>\nripple of remembrance among her aunts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh she was so cute,\u201d one aunt exclaimed. Tiso said even<br>\nLihle\u2019s friends\u2019 parents cried rivers when they received the tragic news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was always laughing, bright and friendly,\u201d&nbsp; she said. \u201cA good child who was always kind,<br>\nwilling and helpful, with her soft nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Significant for Tiso is that Lihle had given her heart to<br>\nGod in the days leading up to her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it something?\u2026 that this little child, in front<br>\nof all the elders in the church, went down on her knees and gave her heart to<br>\nJesus Christ? It\u2019s almost as if she knew she may meet Him in heaven.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, originally from Johannesburg, had moved to his<br>\nrelatives in Mbekweni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By some accounts he had never finished school and came to<br>\nPaarl seeking opportunities for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lihle\u2019s funeral is planned for Sunday and the family said<br>\nher burial might take place at the Klein Parys Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatives of 10-year-old Lihle Zenzile Tuesday gathered in the home where her body had been found in a white trunk in her parents\u2019 bedroom the Friday night 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