The man who allegedly stabbed his wife, and two daughters aged 14 and 4 last month is now facing more charges. Mandla Sibiya from Mataffin in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga is now facing an extra charge of murder after his eldest daughter Lungelo passed away in hospital on Sunday after learning that her mother as no more and buried.

Sibiya was initially charged with his wife Fikile Nkosi- Sibiya's murder and two attempted murder charges for the stabbing of his two daughters. According to the police, Sibiya stabbed his family last month after a domestic quarrel and his wife died on the scene while his two daughters were taken to hospital where they were in ICU for more than two weeks. Sibiya then went on the run for almost a week before he handed himself to the police after a manhunt for him was launched.

Sibiya's elder daughter Lungelo succumbed to stabbing wounds on Sunday the same day she was discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and moved to a normal ward. According to her aunt, Sphiwe Gwebu, the teenager who could not talk as her father allegedly stabbed her 15 times in her neck damaging her vocal cords, wrote a note and asked if her mother survived the stabbing. "We told her mother did not make it and later that evening, we received a call from the hospital that she had passed away. We are shuttered. We had hopes that she would pull through because after being discharged from ICU, she could walk herself to the bathroom," she said. Gwebu told ZiMoja that Sibiya's 4-year-old daughter is recovering at home after she was discharged from hospital two days after the incident. Sibiya appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrates Court on Tuesday and his case was postponed to next week Wednesday for formal bail application. Mpumalanga National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said that the matter was postponed after Sibiya requested for the services of a new lawyer. "The bail application did not proceed after the accused requested for the services of a new lawyer. The matter postponed to 5 May for formal bail application," she said.