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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A 31-year-old Gauteng woman is accused of single-handedly killing her grandmother, setting her body alight, digging a hole and burying her in the yard in December 2019.<\/p>\n

The woman then covered the grave with a steel box before using the old woman’s bank and South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) cards.<\/p>\n

This is according to the information contained in an indictment in the case against 31-year-old Rachael Tshabalala, who is currently on trial in the Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court.<\/p>\n

Tshabalala was apparently living with her grandmother, Nomalanga Hilda Tshabalala, in Emndeni, Soweto.<\/p>\n

They were last seen together on 14 December 2019 – but, five days later, Tshabalala reported her grandmother missing.<\/p>\n

In September 2020, Tshabalala was arrested and charged with defrauding Sassa. She was caught using her grandmother’s card.<\/p>\n

During the time that Nomalanga had gone missing, her family rented out the house to tenants.<\/p>\n

The truth about what happened to the old woman only came to light in September 2021, a year after Tshabalala was arrested on fraud charges.<\/p>\n

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While Tshabalala was in prison, a tenant, who was cleaning the yard, found the old woman’s remains and contacted the police.<\/p>\n

“The remains of the deceased were found, and her identity was established by DNA profiling. The cause of death is unknown at this stage,” claims the indictment.<\/p>\n

Tshabalala is facing charges of murder, theft, fraud, defeating the ends of justice as well as statutory perjury.<\/p>\n

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