The Star writes that conflicting reports on whether the man accused of killing Thembisile Yende was a senior Eskom employee have emerged following a breakthrough in the murder case.  

David Ngwenya was arrested on Thursday in Carletonville and appeared in the Springs Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of premeditated murder for Yende’s death.  This comes as police confirmed that Yende might have been murdered elsewhere and brought to the Eskom substation in Springs where she worked.  Phakamile Hlubi, spokesperson for the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) indicated that, according to a preliminary report the union had carried out, it appeared Ngwenya was an employee of Eskom.  But a police spokesperson could not confirm whether or not Ngwenya was an employee at Eskom, adding that the ongoing investigation would determine his links to the power utility.  Yende’s decomposing body was found in an office at the Eskom plant with her head covered in a black plastic bag, almost two weeks after she went missing on her way to work.

• Read this report by Khaya Koko in full at The Star
• Read too, Suspect appears in court in connection with murder of Eskom employee, at TimesLive
• And also, Alleged killer of Eskom employee Thembisile Yende denied bail, at News24

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