Family demands justice for 27-year-old slain Zakithi

A CRY for justice grows louder as family members, friends, and advocacy groups demand accountability for the brutal killing of Zakithi Zasemhlungwini Ndaba, who was allegedly shot by her boyfriend.

- MASABATA MKWANANZI

According to Ndaba’s family, Zak-ithi was shot on Friday, March 7, at her apartment in The Apollo, Sunninghill, Johannesburg.

Family and friends revealed that Zak-ithi had endured ongoing abuse at the hands of her boyfriend and father of her child, Aviwe Poswa, which escalated from once a month to a weekly occurrence. They added that she lived in constant fear that he would use his gun on her.

“She always mentioned that Aviwe is abusive. At first, it was every month then it became every week. When he bought his gun, Zakithi called a friend of hers and she was afraid that he might use it. But think she held onto the memories of them being happy; she hoped they would go back to how happy they used to be”

After allegedly committing the grue-some act, Poswa, the family told The Star, reportedly informed the mother of the deceased that she was asleep at their apartment while he was out. Fearing the worst and unable to reach her daughter, the mother alerted the police, who later located her.

The family also revealed that the alleged suspect fled to KwaMashu in the deceased's car, having removed the tracking device in an attempt to evade detection.

“Zakithis mother grew suspicious of her daughter's well-being after find-ing out that her car tracking device was removed in KwaZulu-Natal and couldn't reach her. She then alerted the police, who discovered her lifeless body at her apartment”

The alleged suspect handed himself over to the police on March 16 and made his first appearance on Monday, March 17, at the Alexandra Magistrate's Court.