Woman in Pinetown kidnapping charged with murder
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
The Pinetown woman accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl has been formally charged with murder.
Siphumelele Mzimba disappeared nearly four weeks ago in Nazareth.
Her decomposed body was found in a bush near the suspect's home last week Thursday.
Zandile Nsele - who arrested on a kidnapping charge a few days after the child went missing - was in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court today.
Siphumelele’s parents wept as the 39-year-old Nsele - appeared in court F this morning.
The court heard that a charge of murder would be added to the kidnapping and extortion charges she is already facing.
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The state also alleged in court that Nsele strangled Mzimba with a cable rope.
Nsele then told the court she would be abandoning her bail application.
The case was remanded to next month.
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Outside court, KZN Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza told reporters that the woman must remain behind bars.
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