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The incident occurred at Senotlelo village in Mpumalanga minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve.

Colonel Leonard Hlathi, of the Mpumalanga provincial police, said yesterday that the 40-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife, of Mmametlhake district, were quarrelling at about 11.30pm while the five-year-old looked on.

The man apparently assaulted his wife before shooting her.

"The helpless boy rushed to his mother's parent's home and reported the incident. Family members accompanied him back to the scene and on the way there, they heard a gunshot.

"They arrived at the scene and found that it [the gunshot] was their son-in-law committing suicide. He died at the scene.

"The woman was then rushed to Mmametlhake Provincial Hospital in a serious condition.

"She died in hospital yesterday morning from the injuries she had sustained."

• Meanwhile, a 28-year-old man is expected to appear in the Potchefstroom Magistrate's Court today for allegedly stealing a firearm and police uniform, North West police said.

Police spokeswoman Captain Aafie Botma said towards the end of last month, a policeman was robbed of his uniform and firearm at his home in Ikageng, outside Potchefstroom. The suspect was found with two sets of police uniforms and a firearm belonging to the policeman.

Members of the public reported that there was an imposter seen several times wearing a police uniform.

On New Year's Eve, the "cop" was arrested.

Botma said the man would be charged with housebreaking and theft.

• In other incidents, two Limpopo police officers are alleged to have used their service firearms to shoot their wives.

A 50-year-old warrant officer allegedly shot his wife in the face on Christmas Day at their home in Mmotong, near Polokwane.

The other officer, 46, allegedly shot his wife in the stomach and upper body on December 26.

At Mankweng, three men were arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a shop owner during a night-time robbery on December 21.

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Jan 2, 2013

China-man

Hia Dei Kum, Sum Tin wong
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Jan 2, 2013

sekhebereshe

eih...speechless...was the argument woth living their son an orphan.
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Jan 2, 2013

NICEBOOBS

Sad indeed
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Jan 2, 2013

NICEBOOBS

@sekhebereshe
Hi dear & how are you?happy new year, i hope you had fun and you didn't over do it.
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Jan 2, 2013

Mbelewolwazi

This is shocking beyond words. I think this is demon related. I cannot think for the life of me how a man would simply forget about the welfare of his son. May he discovered he was not his son. Look at the age gap. 40 is old and supposedf to be matured whereas 26 is young and easily tempted. This is the only reason I can think of which could have caused the man to have no compassion for the boy.
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Jan 2, 2013

sekhebereshe

@ NICEBOOBS

hello gul just came back from limpopo straight to work ....so tired....i had a gud one and i am glad you are also back in one piece.
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Jan 2, 2013

NICEBOOBS

sekhebereshe
@ NICEBOOBS

hello gul just came back from limpopo straight to work ....so tired....i had a gud one and i am glad you are also back in one piece.
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Shame dear, askies...you should have came back yesterday. It's going to be a long day for you.
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Jan 2, 2013

InboxOutbox

Women in an abusive relationships keep on going back for more, my BFF is in an abusive relationship he beats the hell out of her they even share her cellphone, everytime she lays a charge against him she drops it later she doent wanna leave him she no longer has friends and her family has turned their backs on her and the sad part is the a$$ is unemployed she supports him and his 9 siblings, everytime I read such stories I worry about her he's even threating to kill her and she has 2 small babies, he beats her infront of them the older one is traumatised he's not even concentrating in class, some mothers a selfish stru, she's not putting her kids safety first, I've been singing the same song to her for 2 years (leave this man he's gonna kill you) I'm tired, how do you help a person who doesn't want to be helped and who lies about everything.
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Jan 2, 2013

NICEBOOBS

@sekhebereshe
I hope o ne o itshwere sentle ko Limpopo
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Jan 2, 2013

Mdala

Yha!!! ne in 2013 people are still taking other peoples life like that
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