Four women on trial for allegedly cutting open a 14-year-old girl's genitals before pulling her intestines out will know their fate in October when judgment is handed down.
Yesterday Minenhle Jalubane, 19, the last accused in the murder trial, testified in the Durban High Court that Snethemba Dlamini had looked normal to her before being assaulted, made to lie down, her vagina cut open and intestines removed.
"I thought her evil ways were healed because we had prayed for her. But accused one [Fundiswa Faku] told us that to complete the healing process of the deceased, we had to make her give us the code," said Jalubane.
Jalubane, who was 16 years old when she took part in the ritual, told the court she had earlier played with the dead girl and had not noticed anything amiss.
She said they were convinced by her aunt Faku, 33, that the girl was a devil worshipper who was on a mission to slaughter the whole family.
"I never thought she would die because accused one told us that the cleansing ceremony will involve prayer. I only realised that the damage had been done when the deceased couldn't wake up when her intestines were removed," she testified.
Faku, Jalubane, Lindelwa Jalubane, 38, and Nokubonga Jalubane, 22, are accused of planning the murder of Snethemba.
Faku is alleged to have coerced her sister Lindelwa to perform the ritual. Lindelwa in turn brought along her two daughters (Minenhle and Nokubonga) from Ezinqoleni on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
The trio held a night vigil at Umlazi, aimed at getting rid of the young girl's "demons".
Faku is alleged to have forced the girl to lie down, she then cut open her vagina while her accomplices held her down.
Girl's vagina cut: accused await fate
Four women on trial for allegedly cutting open a 14-year-old girl's genitals before pulling her intestines out will know their fate in October when judgment is handed down.
Yesterday Minenhle Jalubane, 19, the last accused in the murder trial, testified in the Durban High Court that Snethemba Dlamini had looked normal to her before being assaulted, made to lie down, her vagina cut open and intestines removed.
"I thought her evil ways were healed because we had prayed for her. But accused one [Fundiswa Faku] told us that to complete the healing process of the deceased, we had to make her give us the code," said Jalubane.
Jalubane, who was 16 years old when she took part in the ritual, told the court she had earlier played with the dead girl and had not noticed anything amiss.
She said they were convinced by her aunt Faku, 33, that the girl was a devil worshipper who was on a mission to slaughter the whole family.
"I never thought she would die because accused one told us that the cleansing ceremony will involve prayer. I only realised that the damage had been done when the deceased couldn't wake up when her intestines were removed," she testified.
Faku, Jalubane, Lindelwa Jalubane, 38, and Nokubonga Jalubane, 22, are accused of planning the murder of Snethemba.
Faku is alleged to have coerced her sister Lindelwa to perform the ritual. Lindelwa in turn brought along her two daughters (Minenhle and Nokubonga) from Ezinqoleni on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
The trio held a night vigil at Umlazi, aimed at getting rid of the young girl's "demons".
Faku is alleged to have forced the girl to lie down, she then cut open her vagina while her accomplices held her down.
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