PHUTI MOSOMANE
ANC Member of Parliament Sibusio Macdonald Kula has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife, Jennifer Motlhomi, to death in November last year.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed that a 34-year-old man was arrested in Klerksdorp on Friday morning and charged with murder.
The incident took place at their home in Kanana township, Orkney, in the North West Province.
Kula, a former ANC Youth League leader in the North West, is expected to make his first appearance in the Orkney Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Kula was elected to Parliament after the 2019 general elections as a representative of the African National Congress in the North West.
Before her death, Motlhomi, 31, posted a message on her Facebook account saying she was a victim of gender-based violence (GBV) and feared for her life.
Her message spurred a flurry of responses from friends and colleagues, including calls for her
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