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| the late Portia |
A ZIMBABWEAN man based in South Africa slit his ex-wife’s
throat, kept the body in his room before
hanging himself in his employer’s office three days later.
Bekithemba Moyo (27), from Gonde Village in Plumtree killed
Portia Ndlovu (22) of Diba area in Plumtree on Saturday after she refused to
give him a second chance having ditched her himself.
He murdered her in a cottage within his employer’s home.
The couple have a one-year-old son.
The finding of Moyo’s lifeless body in his employer’s
office led to the discovery of Ndlovu’s naked and decomposing body which lay in
a mass of dried blood in his bedroom at his employer’s home.
Zimbabwe’s consul general to South Africa, Mr Batiraishe
Mukonoweshuro, yesterday confirmed the incident but said he would comment
further today after getting more details.
A source close to the tragedy said Ndlovu left a relative’s
home to meet Moyo, after he had called her to collect some money for their
child’s upkeep.
“We suspect he killed her on that very night and kept the
body inside his room. On Monday he left for work with his employer, returned
and actually slept with the body in his room. Again, his employer informed us
that they went to work at his factory premises near Bramley Police Station.
“When they arrived home that evening, Moyo asked for the
factory keys, claiming he had forgotten something. Realising he had taken too
long to return, his employer tried phoning him but he was unreachable. He
decided to drive back to office, only to find Moyo hanging from the roof of one
of his offices,” said the source.
The matter was reported to police and Moyo’s family was
contacted. Moyo and Ndlovu’s cellphones, were found smashed to pieces
next to his body.
Sources said Ndlovu’s family read the news of Moyo’s death
on social media, prompting them to become curious about her whereabouts.
“On Wednesday morning both Moyo and Ndlovu’s families went
to his employer’s home. A bad smell alerted them of the grisly killing as they
approached his bedroom. Ndlovu’s throat was cut open and her body was covered
with a blanket.”
“Moyo, we are told, dumped Ndlovu in January and told her
to return to her parents. The couple had fought constantly with Moyo having
sent Portia packing on many occasions,” said the source.
“He threw her out of the house many times but after she had
finally abided by his order and left him in January, he began to stalk her
through WhatsApp, begging her to return to him.”
The source said it was sad that Moyo had killed Ndlovu
after she had picked herself up and had moved on.
“Moyo thought Portia would crumble after leaving him but
when he saw her glowing and happy, he began to communicate with her,
threatening her. On many occasions he phoned her demanding that she stops
putting her new boyfriend, Lucky, on her WhatsApp profile.”
The source said her family had started searching for Ndlovu
frantically, when they received news of Moyo’s suicide.
“They were shaken. They contacted Moyo’s family, informing
them that Ndlovu was missing.
“On Wednesday morning they discovered her body in Moyo’s
bedroom,” said the source
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