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THE Limpopo department of health has suffered yet another blow following the death of a health worker in a suspected lovers' tiff.

Phuti Thantsha, 33, who was a student physiotherapist at the Siloam Hospital outside Thohoyandou, was found dead with a bullet wound.

Her body was lying next to that of her boyfriend, Oupa Makalela, 34, a member of the South African Defence Force.

It is suspected the two had quarrelled.

Spokeswoman Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto said police have opened a murder and an inquest dockets. Investigations were continuing.

Otto said the incident happened at the hospital's single quarters where the couple's bodies were found half-naked on Sunday.

According to Otto, the room was locked from inside and there appeared to be no sign of forced entry.

"Hence we suspect that the man might have shot the woman and then himself," she explained.

"The woman had a bullet wound in the forehead and the man had a bullet wound on the side of the head."

She said a 9mm Norinco firearm with a magazine and one bullet was found next to the body of the man.

Forensic investigations had been done at the scene and police are still waiting for the results.

• In February last year, Mpho Melato, an official of the department then attached to MEC Dikeledi Magadzi's office, was found dead in her townhouse in Polokwane.

Her throat was slit. Melato's boyfriend was arrested for the murder and is doing time at Leeuwkop prison, in Johannesburg.

Magadzi yesterday sent condolences to the family of Thantsha.

• Meanwhile, three people, including a policeman appeared in court charged with the murder of Phalaborwa medical practitioner, Fandzo Nyathi.

Provincial police spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi identified the suspects as Edwin Mushwana, 46, Lepono Mohlala, 47, and Sergeant Mohale Raganya, 40, of Maake Police Station in Lenyenye, Tzaneen.

"The three had their first court appearance in the Namakgale Magistrate's Court on Monday where they applied for bail," Mulaudzi said.

Nyathi was fatally shot in the chest during a robbery at his house on March 21 2009.

The gunmen fled with two laptops, a safe, two cellphones, a licensed firearm, a Mercedes-Benz and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Nyathi's car was later found abandoned at Tswenyane village in Leboeng near Burgersfort, also in Limpopo.

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Feb 15, 2012

maneater

" .........the couple's bodies were found half-naked on Sunday."
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important message to all the ladies!! if a man sufferes from erectile disfuntion he is very sensitive, be careful how you speak to him he might just lose it and the above story might repeat itself.
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Feb 15, 2012

Magwabane

Yekani amadoda angafundanga nina nibe nifundile, uhlalelani no hitman
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Feb 15, 2012

Mangoz

U cheat on me, i dont know what i would do to u!!!!!!!!!! it always start with cheating!!!!!!
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Feb 15, 2012

BlackPumkin

It's funny when man cheat woman walk away with tears in their eyes and its ends there BUT when a woman cheat she will have scares, disability even worse a grave number. WTF!
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Feb 15, 2012

MRPRESIDENT11

33 and 34 of age. Age difference also tells the possible danger of argument. There was no one between themselves who can reprimand the other. They would argument in everything.
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Feb 15, 2012

guiliano

In our days stories like above are becoming a norm.
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Feb 15, 2012

Kgaoza606

"THE Limpopo department of health has suffered yet another blow following the death of a health worker in a suspected lovers' tiff."


Now i'm positive that SOWETAN is making moola by just mentioning then name "Limpopo" in their articles.

It was absolutely unnecessary as this thing happens everywhere else in the country and the world.

Sowetan editors u are MOOOMISHES.......


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Feb 15, 2012

Jaja'sQueen

@BlackPumkin
True, something to do with an imbalance of ego...
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Feb 15, 2012

RobinH

maneater: What rock have you crept out from under. Your pathetic wisecrack is tasteless and ridiculous.

BlackPumkin: Where on earth do you come up with the idea of infidelity? Your and maneaters attitudes or views are absurdly simplistic.

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Feb 15, 2012

Sharpino

Some careers do nt match not matter how............A brick layer and a medical Dr, A teacher and security guard, A soldier and?????????.
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