SARAH BAARTMAN DISTRICT – A 39-year-old man handed himself to police in Addo on Saturday, 03 December 2022, after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death with a knife.

Information in police records, indicate that on Saturday, 03 December 2022 at about 07:45, the two were walking in the street in Valencia, Addo, when they later engaged in an argument, which led her to allegedly hitting him with a stone, and it is further said that the boyfriend retaliated and stabbed her once with a knife in the upper body.

A 34-year-old woman, Yandiswa Kate was declared dead at the scene.  A 39-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Kirkwood Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 05 December 2022 on a charge of murder.

Source: South African Police Service