Husband breaks silence on tragic family killing

IN AN exclusive interview with the Cape Argus' sister newspaper, the Weekend Argus, the husband of murdered mother Zainab Jacobs has spoken out for the first time since her death.

- TRACY-LYNN RUITERS

SISTERS Zainab Jacobs and Gouwah Smith Newman were shot last week. | Supplied

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Zainab and her sister, Gouwah Smith-Newman, were shot and killed in Mitchells Plain last week, allegedly by their brother, Ederees Smith after a domestic dispute allegedly over his kids.

Smith was later arrested and remains in custody.

Jacobs said the past week has been unbearable. "Their lives changed drastically over the past week.

"The older one understands, and with people talking, it also takes a toll on him. I am going through the most too," he said.

"All I want to do is protect their well-being and get them back into society again, allow them to adapt, give them the space. I don't want to fight."