The mother of slain Durban escort Siam Lee - Carmen Lee - was arrested on Friday and has spent the weekend behind bars.
She is understood to have been detained on a charge of malicious damage to property and has been held at the Greenwood Park police station.
Her arrest is believed to have emanated from a rental dispute with her landlord.
Lee confirmed that she had been arrested and held.
“I've been arrested at Greenwood Park...[police] put me in a cell...because I removed gate motor cover as owner [of the property] changed code‚” she said in a brief message.
She is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s court on Monday.