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Last month in Lindelani Elsa Dubazane, 62, burnt to death in a mud shack while her husband Raphael Zulu, who had managed to escape the burning shack, was “necklaced” a few metres away.
The couple had been accused by residents of witchcraft. Eleven suspects have been arrested for this crime.
More recently, 50-year-old Masisi Mhlongo, Fanelesi-bonge Ntuli, 6 and Amahle Nxumalo, 5, were burnt to death inside their home in Maphumulo, near Stanger.
Police were still investigating the deaths as some have suspected foul play.
According to some reports, it is believed that Mhlongo could have been attacked as she was accused of being a witch.
"Witchcraft", a convenient excuse for murder in 2012
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The KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive council on Thursday. expressed concerns over the “growing trend” of elderly people killed on suspicion that they were witches.
“We call on our people never to use suspicion of witchcraft as an excuse to commit murder. Any attack is not acceptable,” said Premier Zweli Mkhize after a meeting of the council.
The cabinet was reacting to recent incidents where people – mostly the elderly – were killed for allegedly being witches.
#1 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:57 PM EST*facepalm* this is just sad, when are people going to step into the 19th century at least???
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