Overview
- Police in Libode arrested a 28-year-old man from Rainy locality after the death of his girlfriend, Fikiswa Madolwana.
- Officers say he gave a lawful confession that he killed her and buried her in a shallow grave.
- Investigators report a formal pointing-out, a procedure where a suspect leads police to a site linked to the crime.
- Police and relatives say he later exhumed the body and returned it to her family in a wheelbarrow.
- He is due to face a murder charge in the Libode Magistrate’s Court, and officials cite rising gender-based violence in the area as they urge faster reporting of missing people.