Two women remain in custody after ninth Ekurhuleni murder case

By Levy Masiteng

Two women accused of murdering Jabulile Ntimba will remain in custody after appearing in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday, while a man arrested alongside them was released after the State said there was insufficient evidence to enrol him in the case.

Fortunate Masilela and Tsakane Nester Msithini face charges of premeditated murder in connection with gender-based violence and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.

The matter was postponed to 1 October, when the two accused are expected to apply for bail.

The third suspect, who was among three people arrested over the weekend by the Gauteng Murder and Robbery Unit, was not enrolled in the case and has since been released as investigators continue gathering evidence.

The arrests followed the discovery of Ntimba’s body in Villa Liza, near Dawn Park in Boksburg, on 17 September. Her death became the ninth case involving the bodies of