JOHHANESBURG,
South
Africa
–
Police
have
condemned
the
brutal
murder
of
a
29-year-old
woman,
believed
to
have
been
shot
by
her
husband
in
cold
blood.
The
woman
was
brutally
murdered
in
Free
State,
before
the
husband
allegedly
fled
to
neighbouring
Zimbabwe.
“On
January
20
2025,
police
in
Musina
received
information
from
a
tracking
company
about
a
white
Ford
Ranger
with
a
Limpopo
registration,
which
had
been
parked
at
a
residence
in
Campbell,”
said
Limpopo
provincial
police
spokesperson,
Colonel
Malesela
Ledwaba.
The
vehicle’s
owner
had
been
reported
missing
since
Friday,
with
a
case
registered
under
Moroka
police
station
in
Gauteng.
“Police
rushed
to
the
scene
and
found
the
vehicle
at
the
residence.
The
owner
(of
the
house)
explained
that
he
had
kept
the
bakkie
in
his
yard
with
permission
from
the
male
owner,
who
had
borrowed
a
large
amount
of
cash
and
indicated
he
intended
to
cross
the
border
to
Zimbabwe
for
spiritual
assistance
due
to
issues
at
his
workplace,”
said
Ledwaba.
Further
police
investigations
revealed
that
the
vehicle’s
owner
was
accompanied
by
a
man
when
he
dropped
off
the
Ford
Ranger
on
January
17
at
around
10pm.
“During
preliminary
investigations,
police
discovered
bloodstains
inside
the
vehicle,
two
empty
rifle
cartridges,
three
empty
9mm
pistol
cartridges,
one
fragment
of
9mm
ammunition,
six
live
9mm
rounds,
two
black
9mm
pistol
magazines
–
one
with
15
rounds
and
one
empty
–
and
a
pair
of
black
gloves,”
said
Ledwaba.
A
24-year-old
suspect
believed
to
be
involved
in
the
incident
was
arrested
in
the
early
hours
of
Wednesday
at
his
residence
in
Tshamutumbu
policing
area
where
he
was
found
in
possession
of
two
firearms,
including
a
hunting
rifle
with
ammunition,
subsequent
to
an
intelligence-driven
operation
by
police
in
Musina.
At
the
time,
the
vehicle’s
owner
and
his
wife,
originally
from
Mutale
in
the
Vhembe
District
of
Limpopo,
were
still
reported
missing.
Further
investigation
led
to
the
discovery
of
the
body
of
the
29-year-old
woman,
who
had
multiple
gunshot
wounds,
on
Wednesday
night,
in
bushes
along
the
N1
in
Kromdraai,
in
Free
State.
“Preliminary
investigation
revealed
that
the
husband,
who
was
supposed
to
be
travelling
with
the
deceased,
passed
the
Verkeerdeveli
toll
gate
alone
in
the
same
bakkie
on
January
17.
It
was
at
the
turn-off
in
Kromdraai
where
the
woman’s
body
was
discovered,”
said
Ledwaba.
Meanwhile,
provincial
commissioner
of
police
in
Limpopo,
Lieutenant
General
Thembi
Hadebe,
has
strongly
condemned
the
“senseless
shooting”
that
resulted
in
the
tragic
death
of
the
woman.
The
South
African
Police
Service
is
searching
for
the
deceased
woman’s
husband,
Dakalo
Nemangwele,
34,
who
police
believe
can
assist
in
their
ongoing
investigation
regarding
the
murder.
“Anyone
with
information
that
may
assist
in
tracing
the
deceased’s
husband,
should
contact
Lieutenant
Colonel
Shuhani
Rendani,
on
cellphone
number
082
414
6683,
Crime
Stop
at
08600
1011,
or
via
the
MySAPSApp,”
the
police
appealed.