Sizwe Ngema appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court for the third time, accused of murdering his metro police officer girlfriend Bianca Khuzwayo.
Durban — Murder-accused Durban metro police officer Sizwe Ngema is to be sent for mental assessment before he begins with his bail application.
Ngema made a brief appearance in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He is accused of murdering his girlfriend Bianca Khuzwayo, who was also a metro police officer, in their flat in Durban last month.
Prosecutor Calvin Govender told the court that Ngema will be sent for a mental assessment. Ngema was remanded to the Department of Correctional Services in Westville until his next appearance on Monday.
It is alleged that Ngema recorded a video clip on his cellphone of Bianca taking her last breath with a knife lodged in her neck. The clip was circulated on social media platforms.
Khuzwayo and Ngema, both metro police officers, were believed to be a couple. Pictures of them together went viral on social media platforms. A picture shows the seemingly happy couple at a clinic with an ultrasound image on a screen in the background, indicating they were expecting a child.
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