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GRIM SITE: David Maleshane, uncle of Ezekiel Motloung whose body was dug up and decapitated at the grave site. PHOTO: Tsheko Kabasia

 Police found a head in a bucket wrapped in a plastic on the roof of the traditional healer's house. 

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THE family of a man whose body was found without a head in a grave that had been tampered with last week in Lobaleng township in Makwassie, North West, were shocked to discover that the missing allegedly head was cut off by close neighbours.

Ezekiel Motloung, 42, was buried last week Saturday and two days after the burial a municipal worker alerted the family to the fact that the grave had been tampered with.

When they arrived at the grave with the police they found that the body's head had been cut off.

On Friday the police arrested a traditional healer and two men in connection with the gruesome act after a tip-off.

According to the family, the three suspects are well-known to them. They had attended the funeral and were very helpful during the funeral.

The traditional healer lives in the next street from the deceased's parental home.

One of the two men who allegedly dug the grave and desecrated the head is a son of the family's pastor.

Motloung's uncle, David Maleshane, said they were shocked when they discovered the suspects were actually very close to the family.

Maleshane said on Saturday they would also be burying Motloung's last child, who died on Friday night.

The family said they would rebury him after the forensic investigations were done.

Police spokesman Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said they were led to the traditional healer's house, where they discovered a head in a bucket wrapped in a plastic on the roof of his house.

"When the police opened the plastic bag, they discovered that the head had injuries and bruises on it," he said.

The three are expected to appear at the Wolmaransstad Magistrate's Court today.

- tshehleb@sowetan.co.za

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Jul 9, 2012

2shy2call

I told them gore bathusang ga golo mo lefung bankga lefotha. Damn give them to the community you will see what justice is going to prevail.
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Jul 9, 2012

tumzangwana

sies maan. why dont people just pour concrete on top of a coffin to prevent sh!t like this from happening? some people are just s!ck maan. nxa.
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Jul 9, 2012

mbany8

i said it last week. This wrong doings was for greed and muthi purposes. I remember the wise man when he says : Bright light is control by day and darkness is control by night. Lot of people are involved in this disgraceful calamities and eager for power and self indulgence.
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Jul 9, 2012

Mofida

The problem is superstition,as long as we believe in things like witchcraft,things like this will never stop
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Jul 9, 2012

Stumaeza

The devil at its best
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Jul 9, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

On Friday the police arrested a traditional healer and two men in connection with the gruesome act after a tip-off.
One of the two men who allegedly dug the grave and desecrated the head is a son of the family's pastor.
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My suspicions were correct.......... it was either the traditional healer, priest, businessmen........

Why is the pastor's son involved??? SAPS should dig deeper (no pun intended) maybe daddy's church was not doing well..........


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Jul 9, 2012

hezekiel

same thing that happened at groblersdal
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Jul 9, 2012

Memme

This is definetely the last days of our lives - I mean what sh!t is this???
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Jul 9, 2012

KemangBosso

The world is comming to an end,this is indeed a wicked act
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Jul 9, 2012

Madam-T

I 100% agree with u Memme, umhlaba uyabhubha......
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