Yesterday, 15 September 2021 the Hawks members from the Pietermaritzburg Serious Organised Crime Investigation arrested Mbalenhle Xaba (39) for conspiracy to commit murder and fraud after they received information about a wife who hired a hitman to kill her husband at Estcourt area.

It is alleged that the couple was in the process of filing divorce papers when she decided to kill him. In November 2020, Xaba allegedly bought a motor vehicle and handed it over to the hired hitman as payment. The said hitman did not execute the hit, as a result Xaba demanded the vehicle back in order to give it to another hitman.

The matter was reported to the Hawks members and an intensive investigation was conducted. Xaba was then arrested and charged accordingly. She appeared in the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was remanded in custody. The case was postponed to 21 September 2021.

Source: South African Police Service