Anele Zulu, 18, of eMpumelelweni Village in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal, still has flashbacks of the day her 11-month-old daughter died.
Anele is haunted by the death of her baby Sinakhokonke Mazibuko. The young mother claimed she saw her uncle slam her daughter against the wall before dropping her on the floor.
“I begged him to stop hurting my baby. He looked me in the eye but didn’t say anything. Instead, he took a frying pan, dropped my child on the floor and banged her until I saw her take her last breath,” said Anele.
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The nightmare began on Tuesday, 14 March, when the uncle got home in the evening, according to the grade 12 pupil.
She was with her grandmother and her daughter. “He asked for keys and we were puzzled because all the keys were on the door. He didn’t say what keys he wanted. He then started shouting that he wanted the keys.
“We pointed to the keys on the door and he assaulted my grandmother, asking what we were doing to him. We then ran from the living room to the bedroom,” she said.
Anele stated that she hastily locked the three of them in the bedroom, but the uncle wrecked the door and gained entry.
“He started beating granny. I took my baby and covered her and he tried to beat me, but I was able to duck. That’s when he pulled my daughter and took her to the kitchen.
“I followed him begging him not to hurt my child,” said Anele.
However, the uncle banged the little girl’s head against the wall several times before dropping her on the floor.
“My baby was still breathing. I saw she was breathing. He took a frying pan to finish her off. I screamed and one of our neighbours tried to wrestle with him. He told me to take my grandmother out because he was going to kill all of us,” said Anele.
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Then, the neighbour left the uncle holding the baby’s dead body. “Everyone was scared to go inside. He started fighting us from 7 pm and we managed to escape around midnight,” she said.
Anele stated that they couldn’t see what was going on in the house since he had broken all of the lightbulbs.
“When the cops arrived, they found him with my daughter’s head tied around his waist with a rope. Her stomach was cut open and intestines were hanging on the roof,” said Anele.
She believes the relative was high on drugs since he smokes whoonga and other substances.
“I wish he rots in jail. What I saw on that day is an image I will live with for the rest of my life. I don’t wish this pain on my worst enemy,” said Anele.
Nonhlahla Khoza, MEC for Social Development in KZN, said: “This is one of the most horrifying incidents in our province and it’s even hard to explain what could have led to such behaviour.
“This caused a lot of pain for many of us. It is very hard to believe that an old person in a good state of mind can kill a child, let alone in such a way.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala, a KZN police spokesman, said the suspect (33) was apprehended on Wednesday, March 15.
“Nquthu police are investigating charges of murder and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm,” said Gwala.
Anele Zulu, 18, of eMpumelelweni Village in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal, still has flashbacks of the day her 11-month-old daughter died.
Anele is haunted by the death of her baby Sinakhokonke Mazibuko. The young mother claimed she saw her uncle slam her daughter against the wall before dropping her on the floor.
“I begged him to stop hurting my baby. He looked me in the eye but didn’t say anything. Instead, he took a frying pan, dropped my child on the floor and banged her until I saw her take her last breath,” said Anele.
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The nightmare began on Tuesday, 14 March, when the uncle got home in the evening, according to the grade 12 pupil.
She was with her grandmother and her daughter. “He asked for keys and we were puzzled because all the keys were on the door. He didn’t say what keys he wanted. He then started shouting that he wanted the keys.
“We pointed to the keys on the door and he assaulted my grandmother, asking what we were doing to him. We then ran from the living room to the bedroom,” she said.
Anele stated that she hastily locked the three of them in the bedroom, but the uncle wrecked the door and gained entry.
“He started beating granny. I took my baby and covered her and he tried to beat me, but I was able to duck. That’s when he pulled my daughter and took her to the kitchen.
“I followed him begging him not to hurt my child,” said Anele.
However, the uncle banged the little girl’s head against the wall several times before dropping her on the floor.
“My baby was still breathing. I saw she was breathing. He took a frying pan to finish her off. I screamed and one of our neighbours tried to wrestle with him. He told me to take my grandmother out because he was going to kill all of us,” said Anele.
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Then, the neighbour left the uncle holding the baby’s dead body. “Everyone was scared to go inside. He started fighting us from 7 pm and we managed to escape around midnight,” she said.
Anele stated that they couldn’t see what was going on in the house since he had broken all of the lightbulbs.
“When the cops arrived, they found him with my daughter’s head tied around his waist with a rope. Her stomach was cut open and intestines were hanging on the roof,” said Anele.
She believes the relative was high on drugs since he smokes whoonga and other substances.
“I wish he rots in jail. What I saw on that day is an image I will live with for the rest of my life. I don’t wish this pain on my worst enemy,” said Anele.
Nonhlahla Khoza, MEC for Social Development in KZN, said: “This is one of the most horrifying incidents in our province and it’s even hard to explain what could have led to such behaviour.
“This caused a lot of pain for many of us. It is very hard to believe that an old person in a good state of mind can kill a child, let alone in such a way.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala, a KZN police spokesman, said the suspect (33) was apprehended on Wednesday, March 15.
“Nquthu police are investigating charges of murder and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm,” said Gwala.