IOL reports that Sifiso Mkhwanazi, the 21-year-old man linked to the murder of at least one of six women believed to have been sex workers, briefly appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

His trial was postponed to 2 June. It is believed that Mkhwanazi lured the women to his father’s panel-beating workshop in Selby Village, Johannesburg. He was arrested after the discovery of six bodies at the panel-beating business on 9 October 2022. During his last court appearance, the State requested the postponement due to outstanding DNA results and CCTV footage. State advocate Tshepo Mahange kaMzizi explained that some of the bodies were in almost skeletal condition and beyond recognition. So far, four out of the six bodies have been positively identified by their family members, while the DNA of the other two has yet to be confirmed. Mkhwanazi has only been charged with one count of murder so far because the State has been working on the identities of the other five bodies. According to police, Mkhwanazi was previously arrested on rape charges in June 2021, but the charges were later withdrawn.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Brenda Masilela at IOL

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