The Citizen reports that a 34-year-old domestic worker, who was arrested following a theft at a home in Umhlatuzana, KwaZulu-Natal, has been denied bail.  

Nobukhosi Nelly Phakathi, who was arrested in Ntanini Reserve in Eshowe, where a large sum of cash was also found, appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate Court last week.  She was remanded into custody and will reappear in court for a formal bail application this week.  The homeowner said he won the large amount of cash at a casino on 14 February.  He reported further:  “I won R1,050,000 at the casino and my family and I [were] still shocked at winning such a large amount of money.  We kept the money in the safe at our home.  While I was away from home, I received a call saying the domestic worker, who we had employed for the last three and a half years, was packing up her stuff and leaving.  Becoming suspicious, we got home to find her belongings removed and the safe, which held the money and my firearm, was empty.”

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