Police are still hunting for the.man accused of killing his girlfriend and slit her throat. Nomkhosi Zungu (35) from Melmoth in KwaZulu Natal was brutally murdered by her boyfriend, who called her sister and informed her that he was killing her as he murdered her. The incident is said to have taken place at Mzingwenya Reserve on in a cottage where the couple lived.

POOL OF BLOOD

Zungu was a nurse at the The Bay Netcare Hospital in Richards Bay and on the day she was murdered she was coming from  night shift. KZN SAPS spokesperson Thenjisiwe Ngcobo confirmed that the incident did take place and that the suspect was still at large.                                                                                                               "On the morning of the incident, Esikhaleni police were called to a murder scene at Mzingwenya Reserve. On arrival they were shown a body of a 35-year-old female lying in pool of blood. she had a slit throat. it is alleged that she was murdered by a known suspect. A case of murder was opened at Esikhaleni for investigation," she said.

HIGH RATE OF GBV

KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza  lamented that, "the province continued experiencing such atrocities perpetrated against innocent and defenceless women. It is very hard to comprehend what leads to this kind of violence in communities. How can a person murder the very same woman that he claims to love?" The MEC said it was disturbing to hear about the killings of women and children daily in the province. The MEC has organised counselling for the Zungu family and her colleagues.

TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS

Khoza urged women to quickly leave toxic relationships and protect themselves from heartless killers.                                                                                                            "We have been running a lot of campaigns as the department to equip our children on how to identify or avoid toxic relationships. As families, we also need to play a role in helping our children escape these toxic relationships," she said Attempts to get comment from Zungu's brother Njabulo proved fruitless as he claimed to be busy and promised to revert back. ANCYL Presidential candidate Sizophila Mkhize condemned the murder of Zungu and asked the police to work tirelessly to arrest the suspect.