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ARCHITECT ARRESTED FOR RAPE IN SA, MURDER IN SWAZILAND

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MBABANE – It was a case of jumping from the pot to the fire for an architect and builder who was imprisoned for rape in South Africa and returned to the country, where he got arrested for murder.


However, Bheki Kunene (26) of Makholokholo alleged that the murder occurred in 2011 while he was serving a sentence of eight years imprisonment in the neighbouring country.


Kunene was arrested after spending over a year in the country upon being released on parole after he was convicted by the Lukwatini Magistrates Court. He was released in September 2015 due to good behaviour.
He alleged that the rape charge stemmed from an incident in which his South African girlfriend, who had an affair with another man, reported him to the police for rape in that country.


Kunene alleged that this happened after his lover’s boyfriend discovered that he and his lover had a love affair.
The veracity of these allegations is still to be tested in court. Kunene is represented by Xolani Mthethwa of Bhembe Attorneys.


In his application for bail in the High Court, Kunene submitted that he was handed over through the Department of Home Affairs at Ngwenya Border Gate, where he was allegedly screened and found to be not on the Swazi police wanted list.


He said his mother at Makholokholo informed him upon his return that police had been to the homestead to look for him while he was imprisoned in South Africa.


Kunene said he did not bother to go to the police to find out why they were looking for him because he underwent screening at the border and was certified clean.

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