Residents in some rural Eastern Cape communities endured a black Christmas without electricity after a freak thunderstorm on Saturday left behind a trail of destruction, including broken poles and blown-up transformers.
A neighbour has been arrested after a Mthatha woman and her three-year-old granddaughter were found murdered and parts of their house torched. The woman, 56, and the little girl are believed to have been killed on Wednesday night, but the gruesome discovery was not made until about 7am on Thursday morning, when a relative came to visit her.
Neighbour in court for raping, murdering 56-year-old grandmother, suffocating three-year-old grandchild iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.