A man, who allegedly killed his family members at Jimmy Jones village in Malamulele in Limpopo on Christmas Day, has appeared in the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court.
Fifty-two-year-old Enoch Ndou allegedly killed his brother’s two sons and five other relatives in a dispute over a house. The court adjourned to come with a date for Ndou’s next appearance.
Security was tight at the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court where Ndou appeared for allegedly shooting dead his late brother’s sons, Mpho and Ndivhuwo Ndou. Ndivhuwo’s pregnant wife, Portia Mabasa, was also among those killed. Their one-year-old child Wanga was also killed. Three other Ndou children – 12-year-old Rendani, 4-year-old Ronewa, and 8-year-old Dakalo – died in the incident.
Police say a dispute over a house led to the killings.
The accused was reportedly at odds with his elder brother’s sons over a house left by his late father, who was Mpho and Ndivhuwo’s grandfather.
Family Spokesperson, Thendo Mulaudzi, says they want the law to take its course.
“As a family, our expectation is that the law should take its course. The law should operate in law that the law should (sic). We do not want to give specification of what the outcome should be. However, we are expecting the law to take its course.”
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Dressed in a blue T-shirt, jeans, boots, and a cap, Ndou did not show any emotion.
Social Development MEC, Nkakareng Rakgoale, Vhembe District Mayor, Dowelani Nenguda, and his Collins Chabane counterpart, Mosses Maluleke, were also in court.
Ragoale says Ndou must not get bail.
“The matter has been remanded to the 5th of January. Our interest is that the suspect must not be given bail. He must remain in custody until this case is finalised. Because of the damage that he has caused, that’s why you see all of us here because we are in pain, including the family. We are all in pain because of what has happened.”
Tempers ran high when the prosecutor ordered some of those attending the court case to leave because they exceeded the numbers allowed under COVID-19 regulations. The prosecutor was forced to apologise to the public for the way she addressed the court. They say she was insensitive to the family.
Ndou will appear in court again next Wednesday, and he wants a lawyer from the legal aid board to represent him. The deceased will be laid to rest on Saturday at the family’s residence at Jimmy Jones village in Malamulele.
The family is appealing to the public for assistance with the funeral.
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