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The murder which has become the talk of Victoria Falls
town, took place at the couple’s rented home in Mkhosana suburb on Sunday just
after 9PM.
Police arrested Sithandazile Sibanda as she attempted to
escape into a nearby bush leading into wildlife infested Chamabondo National
Park moments after stabbing Vein Mohamed (26).
She allegedly stabbed Mohamed on the back. Mohamed was a
well-known vendor who operated from Comesa Market, popularly known as
Emaplankeni and had been customarily married to Sibanda for about two years,
according to neighbours.
Neighbours said Sibanda was in the habit of going beer
drinking with friends leaving Mohamed at home and would sometimes pick fights
with him whenever she was drunk.
A news crew visited the murder scene and spoke to the
couple’s landlords Mr Steven Sibanda and his wife Ms Makhosi Mnkandla who
expressed shock at the incident.
Ms Makhosi Mnkandla and her husband Mr Steven Sibanda at
whose house the murder occurred
Ms Mnkandla said Sibanda initially tried to hit Mohamed
with an iron bar but later drew a kitchen knife which she used to stab him once
on the back causing his instant death.
“She left in the morning and returned around 9PM when we
were already sleeping. She was with a female friend and both were drunk. She
knocked at their bedroom window and Vein did not open for her. She came and
knocked at our window as we were already sleeping and I told her I wasn’t going
to open the door for her. My two daughters who were sleeping in the kitchen
opened for her.
“As soon as she entered the house, we heard some noise as
she confronted her husband saying ‘walile ukungivulela wena nja’ (you dog, you
refused to open the door for me),” said Ms Mnkandla.
Ms Mnkandla said she woke up with the intention of making
sure her two daughters aged 15 and seven were safe and found the couple
fighting in the corridor leading to the kitchen.
“She wanted to hit him with an iron bar but he managed to
disarm her. He called out to me to pull her out of the house. No-one had
noticed that she had a knife. As he turned to put the iron bar behind a stove,
she suddenly jumped towards him and stabbed him on the back. she pulled it out
while shouting saying ngizakubulala nja.
“I almost panicked as Vein went limp. She tried to stab him
again and I gathered strength and grabbed her hand. I pinned her hand between
my legs and managed to grab the knife which she let go,” said Ms Mnkandla.
Blood, she said, immediately started oozing from Mohamed’s
nose and mouth as he slowly fell down against the stove. He ended up on his back on a bed that was in the kitchen.
Ms Mnkandla said after disarming Sibanda, she quickly
locked the door leaving the accused, deceased and two girls in the house as she
ran to seek help from neighbours.
Mr Sibanda, who is wheelchair bound, was still in the
bedroom as the drama was unfolding. Sibanda broke a door and escaped as she
headed for the bush.
Some neighbours reportedly tried to apprehend her but
failed as she had become violent.
A neighbour quickly drove to the nearby Mkhosana police
base to make a report and on his way back, two cops spotted Sibanda crossing a
road towards the bush.
The cops ran after Sibanda and arrested her. An ambulance
crew that arrived about an hour later pronounced Mohamed dead. Mr Sibanda said he
wants the couple’s families to cleanse his house.
Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chief Inspector
Siphiwe Makonese could not be reached for comment. Chronicle
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