The family of a murdered 31-year-old woman are finally getting her remains this week after her body was found on 6 April in ’n bushy area in Ashton.
Mandlakazi Malgas had been missing for weeks before her mutilated body was found on 6 April.
“She went missing on 25 March. We later went to report her as missing at the police station. The police, along with our family and members of the community searched for her but did not find her,” explained the deceased’s brother, Svarara Malgs.
He explains that her body was found close to a community garden when the people at the garden noticed a man out in the field with a spade and went to see what he was up to.
“When they started making their way towards him, he walked away. When they got to the spot where he was standing, they found my sister’s body. And they immediately called me. It appears that he wanted to bury her body when the community noticed him.”
He recognised his sister by her clothes.
“But I immediately noticed that the flesh on her arms were gone, it looked like her hands were cut off, and the flesh from her knees down was also gone, and her feet also appeared to be cut off. We informed the police that we had found her body in the field.”
Malgas is convinced his siter’s killer had mutilated her body before dumping her in the field.
“The police said it could have been the pigs that roam around the field that might have eaten at the body. But why would a pig only eat the flesh from the elbows down and take her hands. And why would the pigs only eat the flesh from her knees to her ankles and take only her feet? It doesn’t make sense to me. Are you telling me these are such intelligent pigs? I don’t believe the pigs are responsible for what she looked like when we found her.”
He further explains Mandlakazi’s cause of death was a broken neck.
“Her head was at a very unnatural angle when we found her. I also believe that the killer hid her body under his bed after he had murdered her and then moved her to the field when it started to smell.”
As for why it has taken so long for them to receive her remains he explains that multiple DNA tests came back inconclusive.
“They did three DNA tests and all of them were inconclusive. But were are grateful that we now get to bury my sister. Her funeral will be held on Sunday. We can now finally say our farewells.”
According to Svarara, the murderer confessed to committing the crime and has been taken into custody. Gazette has sent numerous enquiries to the Ashton police as well as the Provincial police since April but has to date not received any feedback regarding this matter from either the local or provincial police.
