THE old adage — hell hath no fury like a woman scorned — aptly applies to a Bulawayo woman, who in June allegedly fatally stabbed her husband before burning his corpse, after he accused her of infidelity.
BY SILAS NKALA
Lakela Sweswe (23) was last week not asked to plead to a murder charge when she appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure. She was remanded in custody to September 13.
The court heard that on June 8, Sweswe’s husband, Anifa Mlauzi, arrived home late and found his wife fast asleep.
He allegedly woke her up, and then accused her of having extramarital affairs, culminating in a fight. In the heat of the moment, Sweswe allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and fatally stabbed Mlauzi on the neck.
She allegedly dragged his body out of the main house and dumped it in the couple’s asbestos shack. Two days later, she allegedly covered the corpse with a blanket, poured paraffin on it and set it ablaze.
She then moved to her in-laws’ residence in Kensington and stayed with them for three weeks, but kept them in the dark over their’s son’s whereabouts.
Mlauzi’s remains were later discovered by their neighbour, leading to Sweswe’s arrest. In her statement to the police, Sweswe allegedly confessed to killing her husband.
