Drug-fuelled binge leads to gruesome killing on election eve

Umlazi father was alerted to break-in at his house and came home to bloodied, gagged body of his 17-year-old daughter

17 April 2025 - 04:30 By MFUNDO MKHIZE

The father of uMlazi teenager Aphiwe Ngcobo described seeing her bloodied body bound and gagged with stockings on the eve of last year's general elections in the Durban High Court on Wednesday...

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