Mpumalanga Disaster Management employee allegedly shot dead by husband
In another incident, also on Thursday, an 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 31-year-old man believed to be her friend.
The incident also took place at Vosman.
Hlathi said an argument had broken out between the two, after which the man allegedly assaulted and raped the woman.
Hlathi said matter was reported to the police and the man is also expected to appear in court on Monday.
Mpumalanga provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Mondli Zuma has called on society to stand up against gender-based violence.
Zuma said the abuse of women is increasing rapidly, regardless of the government’s efforts to curb the scourge.
“Our courts continue to impose harsher sentences, but perpetrators of gender-based violence continue to prey on vulnerable women and children. This situation cannot continue like this and it shows an underlying problem of moral decay in our society,” said Zuma.
