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FACING CHARGES: Thabo Thamage, Ivy's husband Klaas Molefe, Elizabeth Mosweu and Penny Tatushe appearing in the Mmabatho Magistrate's Court . Photo: Boitumelo Tshehle

Their legal representative, Nzame Skibi, who was reprimanded by the magistrate, Thabo Lephadi, for arriving late in court yesterday, said the three accused had their reasons for wanting to remain in custody.

The three, and a fourth woman, are accused of kidnapping and murdering Ivy Molefe, whose body was found on Birmansdrift farm in North West two weeks ago.

According to the police in the province, the body was also mutilated.

Molefe, who worked as a cleaner for the North West finance department, went missing on March 14 and was last seen alive leaving work for home.

Skibi is representing Molefe's husband Klaas Molefe, 55, Penny Tatushe and Thabo Thamaga, 24.

The other accused, Elizabeth Mosweu, changed her legalrepresentative.

Magistrate Lephadi told her to tell her lawyer to be present at the next hearing. He postponed the case to August 23 for further investigation. The accused are in custody.

Ivy Molefe's relatives were happy that the accused had abandoned their bail application. Her uncle, Ben Mogapi, said her death had brought pain and confusion to the family.

He said the family knew that the couple were having marital problems.

"They have been having problems for a very long time and the family elders, including myself, tried to intervene, but we failed," he said.

Mogapi said they had met the the couple three times this year to try and solve their problems. He said they told the couple to consult a marriage counsellor because the family meetings were getting them nowhere.

The Molefe's two children, who are aged 20 and 15 years, are receiving counselling at a local private hospital.

Ivy Molefe was buried last Saturday at Huhudi in Vryburg.

Her husband reported her missing the day after she did not return home from work.

It is alleged that Ivy Molefe received a telephone call from unknown people while she was at work.

She never returned home to her family and her badly decomposed body was found two weeks after she went missing.

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Wed Jun 19 15:35:31 SAST 2013 ::

Apr 25, 2012

Papage

Why Elders did not advise them to go separate ways?
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Apr 25, 2012

maneater

well there's fre.e food and DSTV in jail i am not supprised they want to stay there!!!
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Apr 25, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Bl@dy cowards............. you are afraid that you will be meted the same punishment as your victim
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Apr 25, 2012

Papage

Le mini iyeza nakubo
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Apr 25, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

Ziyasha ngaphandle...
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Apr 25, 2012

cobol

I told you before prisons are bettter than our streets , life is good in there.
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Apr 25, 2012

MORNACHIESS

North-West is more like Natal,they just ki.ll other without a reason nxa sies !!!!
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Apr 25, 2012

mporoza

@ all the accused - Who said you were going to be granted bail in the first place? Daaaah!!
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Apr 25, 2012

Mdav

@MORNACHIESS

No wonder your mom calls you little 'DDick!'
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Apr 25, 2012

Pelezizu

@ Mornachiess - Akere wena o iphanya ka dinku, how are u doing in hospital lepetjana ke wena???
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