MBOMBELA – Repeated delays in the Lusanda Mathabela murder case are taking an emotional toll on her family, with her father describing the postponements as “tiring and emotionally draining”. The Ligwalagwala FM’s Siyadvumisa host, Given Mathabela, spoke out after the case was postponed again in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on…
MBOMBELA- Frustration boiled over in the Lusanda Mathabela murder case on Friday, 24 April, as the matter was postponed yet again, with the defence slamming what it described as “unreasonable” delays while the court awaits direction from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The accused, Katlego Mokoena (19) and Lungelo…
MBOMBELA- The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to one of the accused in the murder case of Lusanda Mathabela. Katlego Mokoena (19) is charged with his co-accused, Lungelo Sithole (19), in connection with the murder of Mathabela, who was allegedly stabbed multiple times at her home in Mataffin in…
MBOMBELA- The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court has postponed Katlego Mokoena’s bail application to March 2, 2026, in connection with the murder of 20-year-old Lusanda Mathabela. Mokoena, accused number one in the murder case, had previously abandoned his bail last year. The accused was set to apply for bail on Thursday, February…
MBOMBELA- Lungelo Sithole (19), the second accused in the Lusanda Mathabela murder case, was denied bail by the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court today. Sithole and his co-accused, Katlego Mokoena (19), allegedly murdered the 20-year-old at her home in Mataffin, on November 3, 2025. Investigations revealed Mathabela was brutally stabbed over 23…
MBOMBELA- A disturbing detail emerged in court on Friday, February 6, as Investigating officer Sgt Pollan Mashiloane testified that Lusanda Mathabela may have been sexually assaulted before her brutal murder. During the bail hearing of Lungelo Sithole (19), accused number two in Mathabela’s murder case, Sgt Mashiloane told the Nelspruit…
MBOMBELA – Ligwalagwala FM radio DJ, Given Mathabela, has paid a heartfelt tribute to his late daughter, Lusanda Mathabela, on what would have been her 20th birthday. Mathabela’s life was brutally cut short in a violent attack at her home in Mattafin, Mbombela, on November 3, 2025. She was allegedly…
KANYAMAZANE – In a heart-wrenching turn of events, Ligwalagwala FM radio DJ, Given Mathabela has bid a tearful farewell to his 19-year-old daughter, Lusanda Hope Mathabela, who was brutally murdered in her home in Mattafin, Mbombela. Lusanda Mathabela’s life was brutally cut short in a violent attack at her home…
MBOMBELA – The family of 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela hopes justice will be served after she was brutally killed. This is after two male suspects, Katlego Mokoena (18) and Lungelo Sithole (18), appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on November 5 in connection with her murder. Mathabela’s life was tragically cut…