Anni's last moments

Nilam Hindocha, Anni Dewani's mother, plucked up the courage to fly thousands of kilometres to retrace the steps which her beloved daughter took moments before she died.

Today, after fighting tears since landing in Cape Town on Saturday, she will finally visit Gugulethu, outside Cape Town, where her son-in-law, Shrien Dewani, and Zola Tongo are alleged to have feigned a hijacking in which her daughter was murdered on November 13 last year.

She will then go to Khayelitsha, where Anni's lifeless body was found on the back seat of Tongo's abandoned car.

During an emotional interview yesterday, Hindocha said she wanted "justice for Anni so that we can carry on with our lives".

"This country and its people have been so warm, so sympathetic. That made us [feel] so welcome, and that really touched my heart. In any other circumstances we would have loved everything, but, of course, it comes with a lot of sadness," she said.

Tongo, who shuttled the honeymoon couple around Cape Town, implicated Dewani during a plea and sentencing agreement in the Cape Town High Court after his arrest. He said Dewani asked him to arrange hitmen to kill Anni, and alleged that he paid R15000 for her murder. Tongo is now serving an 18-year sentence.

Hindocha said her family would like to avoid the media during her visit to the two townships today.

"We want our privacy. We want to do it in our own time. I don't want any intrusion. It's not easy for me or for my husband. Please, we want to be left alone. It would have been the happiest journey of her life but it turned [into] a tragedy," she said.

Hindocha flew to South Africa to be with her husband, Vinod, who has been following their daughter's murder case in the South African courts.

On Friday, he attended a hearing of the alleged hitmen, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Xolile Mngeni, in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court.

Both men are in custody and will be back in court on June 1 when their trial is due to start. Qwabe applied for bail, but his application was denied last week.

In the midst of their grief, the Hindochas took a moment to go on a boat cruise and visit the Cape winelands. Yesterday, they also lit candles in remembrance of Anni in church.

Hindocha said they have two daughters and one son, and Anni was their middle child.

She described Anni as "very lovely, happy, generous [and] full of life" and said "she always wanted children" of her own.

Vinod said: "Shirien doesn't call us and we haven't had contact with his family since December 4, the day I came to South Africa for the first time. I just read about [his attempted suicide] in papers here in South Africa but I'm not commenting on that. I don't know if it's true or not."