#Justice4Wandile

They broke into the house thinking everyone had gone to work and school, Kanti uWandile akayanga eskoleni, Bamubopha izandla ngemuva bamdlwengula umntwana, Wandile Aphiwe Ngcobo was only 17 years old, Doing grade 11 at Durban Girls Secondary. They ra*ped her and stabbed her to death, This happened on 28 May 2024, Her father received a call from the neighbour who saw one of the suspects leaving with a TV. The father instructed the neighbor to go inside and check because her daughter was inside. She found Wandile’s body lying in a pool of blood with her hands tied on her back. Police investigations led to the arrest of a suspect who was in possession of a deceased cell phone in MALUKAZI That led to the arrest of the two suspects aged between 26 and 39.We thank SAPS in the department of Provincial Family Violence, Child Protection and Se*xual Offences Unit for working hard to make sure the suspect are arrested. The case has been moved from Umlazi magistrate Court to DURBAN HIGH COURT.

We hope that the family will find closure as this has brought a devastating effect on them. Her sibling now lives with her aunt as she doesn’t want to live in a house where her sister died, He father stopped going to work because of stress and depression, These are aggrevating circumstances that must warrants court to give a harsher sentence. Courts must set precedent.