A South African based Zimbabwean woman, Nancy Majonhi, confessed to killing her husband, Prosper Chipangure,  six years ago and is now facing charges in court.

Nancy is now mentally ill and is hospitalised. The case was postponed to 9 November yesterday as she is hospitalised at Moses Kotane hospital.

Circumstances sorrounding the murder are as follows :

Nancy  lived with Prosper (44) at a rented room in Ledig near Sun City when they had a fight on Tuesday, 28 July 2015.

Majonhi allegedly assaulted her husband with a hammer until he fainted. She then hacked him with a spade and threw the body parts into three different pit latrines before cleaning the crime scene out.

Subsequent to the alleged killing, she went to Sun City police station where she reported her husband as missing.

Majonhi allegedly departed to Zimbabwe where she later confessed to her family and in-laws that she killed her husband.

The families arranged to come to South Africa, Sun City where the accused handed herself over to the police.

She later pointed the police to the different pit latrines where she threw the body parts, six years ago.

An investigation by the police is underway and they managed to retrieve a skull and bones which will be subjected to DNA tests.