Employer nabbed for setting employees alight
A KwaZulu-Natal towtruck owner has been arrested for
allegedly dousing two of his employees with petrol and setting them alight in
Mariannhill outside Durban.
Provincial spokesperson Nqobile Gwala says the 37-year-old was arrested on Wednesday.
The suspect allegedly assaulted and burnt the two men after interrogating them about a missing gearbox on Sunday.
Mxolisi Mkhize was pronounced dead upon arrival.
"The second victim, 34-year-old Moses Sele Magama, was admitted in hospital, where he passed away on Tuesday, October 16," Gwala says.
Gwala says the man has been charged with two counts of murder.
The suspect was expected to appear in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Thursday, however, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson says the matter had not yet been heard.