By Sipho Khumalo
news@alexreporter.co.za

Musa Ntsibande (36) is expected to appear before the Johannesburg High Court again on September 14th for the murder of his wife.

He shot his partner, Hlengiwe Msimango (30) three times on August 3, 2020 at their home in Birch Acres, Kempton Park, after allegedly mistaking her as an intruder.

Msimango, known as Pearl who left her two kids aged 7 and 4, was raised by Thandi Nkumane when her mother was raped and killed when she was very young.

Pearl was murdered in front of her children in the bedroom. “When Hlengiwe was buried Musa, who is a killer, was in jail and he didn’t know when she was buried in Durban.

“He is now out in bail since 2020. He searched for Hlengiwe’s grave and found it without our permission, then erected a tombstone,” Nkumane said.

According to her, Musa, who allegedly rents a room in Alex, did not show any remorse for her murder.

“They were not married. He only paid R12000 and goes around saying he is the husband and that no one can tell him what to do.

“He says that he can’t ask for a permission from us because culturally he was married to her.

“He killed her and on top of that, all he sees is nothing wrong with what he did. He left 2 kids without a mother, a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old.

“He paid this money in 2019 and in 2020 he killed her. Until now, there has been no explanation other than his statement that he thought she was an intruder,” she said.

Nkumane told Alex Reporter that she raised Pearl and took her to school until she graduated and found a job.

“He ended her life and now he comes to us and claims we didn’t treat her well. Who raised Hlengiwe and her kids, who stays with her kids ? He can’t stay with the kids because he can’t be trusted with the them,” she said.

She said the police found him seated in the lounge and that the gun was on the bed. “He was quite without crying or showing emotions, but his mouth was full of blood. It indicates he was trying to get the bullets out.

“I told him that he would go to prison and that all the people he shot and stabbed will be represented by Hlengiwe’s blood.

“What he did for erecting a tombstone has opened a wound that was about to close. The wound will be healed on the day he receives a sentence.

“It is not acceptable to go to a grave without informing the parents of the deceased. Yes, I might not be a blood relative to her, but I raised her.”

She expressed that the journey was not an easy one. “But God is there. My wish is for him to be given a life sentence for the bullets that entered Hlengiwe’s body.”