Suspect in Madombidzha murder arrested

The task team at the Tshilwavhusiku police station arrested a 32-year-old suspect for a murder that took place at Rathidili-fhasi-ha-bada in Madombidzha.

The suspect was found fast asleep in a shack at Mpheni on Friday evening.

The once-quiet village was rocked by a gruesome murder on the evening on 9 March, where the suspect allegedly stoned a 36-year-old pot maker, Mr Tixaniso Thomas Manganyi, to death in the street and ran away.

The suspect was later identified as Peter Nengovhela, who evaded the police until last Friday, when he was eventually apprehended.

An elderly lady who came over and covered the deceased with a cloth had since described the shocking murder as an act which was seemingly committed by a “heartless” person who “has no soul in his body”.

The spokesperson for the Tshilwavhusiku police, Const Musiwalo Mahuwa, thanked members of the community for providing the police with all the information that led to the successful arrest of the suspect. “We would like to encourage the community to continue furnishing valuable information to the police as a way to curb crime in the area,” said Mahuwa.

Although the cause of the murder has not been established so far, indications are such that the two men had a long-standing argument, which started some years ago.

When news of the suspect’s arrest started to spread like wildfire through the village, the community leader attached to the Sinthumule Traditional Council, Mr Alfios Mudzwari, who condemned the brutal killing of the hardworking man, breathed a sigh of relief.

Nengovhela appeared in the Tshilwavhusiku Magistrate’s Court and the matter was postponed to 4 April for further investigations. He remains in custody.

Apparently, Manganyi originally came from Mozambique, while Nengovhela is a Zimbabwean national.

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Date:28 March 2013

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

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