THE case of a man arrested in connection with the killing of his 50-year-old wife was postponed yesterday amid protests outside court.
Molotsi Molefe, 55, and three other people - a man and two women - appeared in the Mmabatho Magistrate's Court in North West yesterday. The case was postponed to next week for a bail application.
Ivy Molefe was killed a month ago following what police believe was a row over an extra-marital affair.
Her body was mutilated and dumped on a farm.
Magistrate Thabo Lephadi postponed the case to March 23 and 24 for the bail application.
The suspects, Ivy's husband Molotsi, his girlfriend Elizabeth Mosweu, a friend of the girlfriend, Penny Tatushe, and a young man who allegedly hacked Ivy Molefe with a panga, Thabo Thamaga, face charges of murder and kidnapping. They were remanded in custody.
A former employee at the provincial finance department, Ivy Molefe was last seen alive on March 14.
Her husband reported her missing the following day. It is alleged that she received a call from unknown people while still at work. She never returned home and her badly decomposed body was found on a farm near Burmansdrift in North West two weeks after she went missing.
During a memorial service for her on Tuesday, North West Premier Thandi Modise urged women not to stay in abusing relationships.
Modise also challenged men to stop family violence.
Adding to what the premier had said, MEC for finance Louisa Mabe condemned the killing and said Molefe did not deserve to die like an animal. Mabe said "those who did this ungodly act deserve to be behind bars".
Sending condolences to the family, colleagues and friends, Mabe encouraged women to stand up against any form of abuse and not allow anyone to ill-treat them.
She said as bad as the situation of Molefe was, the society needed to learn from it.
Modise and Mabe called on the justice system to be fair and ensure that if there were any loopholes in this case, they must be tightened.
Molefe will be buried at Huhudi in Vryburg on Saturday.
Murder case delayed amid protest action
THE case of a man arrested in connection with the killing of his 50-year-old wife was postponed yesterday amid protests outside court.
Molotsi Molefe, 55, and three other people - a man and two women - appeared in the Mmabatho Magistrate's Court in North West yesterday. The case was postponed to next week for a bail application.
Ivy Molefe was killed a month ago following what police believe was a row over an extra-marital affair.
Her body was mutilated and dumped on a farm.
Magistrate Thabo Lephadi postponed the case to March 23 and 24 for the bail application.
The suspects, Ivy's husband Molotsi, his girlfriend Elizabeth Mosweu, a friend of the girlfriend, Penny Tatushe, and a young man who allegedly hacked Ivy Molefe with a panga, Thabo Thamaga, face charges of murder and kidnapping. They were remanded in custody.
A former employee at the provincial finance department, Ivy Molefe was last seen alive on March 14.
Her husband reported her missing the following day. It is alleged that she received a call from unknown people while still at work. She never returned home and her badly decomposed body was found on a farm near Burmansdrift in North West two weeks after she went missing.
During a memorial service for her on Tuesday, North West Premier Thandi Modise urged women not to stay in abusing relationships.
Modise also challenged men to stop family violence.
Adding to what the premier had said, MEC for finance Louisa Mabe condemned the killing and said Molefe did not deserve to die like an animal. Mabe said "those who did this ungodly act deserve to be behind bars".
Sending condolences to the family, colleagues and friends, Mabe encouraged women to stand up against any form of abuse and not allow anyone to ill-treat them.
She said as bad as the situation of Molefe was, the society needed to learn from it.
Modise and Mabe called on the justice system to be fair and ensure that if there were any loopholes in this case, they must be tightened.
Molefe will be buried at Huhudi in Vryburg on Saturday.
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