DURBAN - A widow of a taxi boss from Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal, and her alleged accomplices will apply for bail at the end of the month in an insurance-linked murder case.
The widow Jane Ziningi Nzama, 49, her “boyfriend”, a pastor and traditional healer in Inchanga, Mthokozisi Majozi, 49, and her relative Simphiwe Silangwe, 29, appeared at Camperdown Magistrate’s Court recently for the alleged murder of a 20-year-old Asanda Nzama.
It is alleged that Nzama plotted with Majozi and Silangwe to have her son Asanda killed in order to claim from insurance.
Their matter was postponed to December 30 for a bail application.
All suspects were remanded in custody. Nzama is being kept at the Westville Prison.
On Monday, Nzama pleaded guilty to the murder of her son.
Police then arrested her “boyfriend”, Majozi, allegedly the mastermind behind the killing of Asanda.
According to the police, Asanda was found inside a house in the Esikhelekehleni area in Inchanga with gunshot wounds to the head and body. He was declared dead at the scene.
Nzama is the widow of the late taxi boss Mzophethwe Nzama, who was gunned down last year.
She was arrested last week alongside Silangwe, but could not appear in court as she was in hospital after alleged attempts to commit suicide, allegedly to evade jail.
Sources close to the matter told the Daily News that Nzama was arrested and put into a cell.
However, when the officers checked on her, she was apparently foaming at the mouth and had to be rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
“There are suspicions that she might have drunk pills or something prior to the arrest, to kill herself,” a source said.
She was discharged from hospital over the weekend.
Provincial police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said a case of murder was being investigated by Inchanga SAPS.
Previously, Gwala confirmed that Nzama was under police guard in hospital.
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