This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
News24 reports that a 48-year-old nurse has been arrested for allegedly murdering her 21-year-old domestic worker for R6 million in life insurance.
The woman, who cannot be named until she appears in court, allegedly took out three life insurance policies for Busiswa Nxumalo with three different companies, namely Stangen Life, Outsurance, and King Price. The policies had a combined value of R6 million, with the nurse as the only beneficiary if Nxumalo should die from unnatural causes. The policies have since been frozen after the insurance companies allegedly noticed that they had been fraudulently obtained. The woman, who is employed as a nurse in Alberton, was arrested on Wednesday morning at her home in Vosloorus. She allegedly murdered Nxumalo at her former home in Lenasia South in January 2022. Nxumalo's body was found with her throat slit at a dump site in Lenasia South, a short distance from the nurse's previous home. The nurse who hails from KwaHlabisa, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is expected to appear in court soon, facing charges of murder and insurance fraud.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page