WeeklySA_AdminFRAUD:Constable received policy payouts totalling R1,4m after allegedly organising hits on mother and other family members.
By Frank Maponya
A female police constable who allegedly insured her family members and then went on a killing spree, wiping them out with the help of hitmen and then claiming from insurance companies was still in custody after her arrest three years ago.
Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu allegedly ordered hits on her elderly mother, her partner, two sisters as well as her five nephews and nieces, according to the State. The killing spree allegedly started in 2012 and came to an end in 2018, after six people had already been brutally murdered.
According to the charge sheet, Ndlovu allegedly received nearly R1.4 million in insurance claims. It is alleged that she was arrested when she ordered a hit on her sister’s children, the youngest of whom was only five months old. The hired hitman allegedly informed the police about the planned murders and a trap was set which led to Ndlovu’s arrest.
She (Ndlovu), who worked at the Tembisa Police Station, faces six counts of fraud, obstruction of justice and eight counts of conspiracy to murder. According to the indictment, one of her victims was her sister identified as Audrey, whom she had allegedly insured with different companies and listing herself as the beneficiary.
The State alleges that on the morning of June 25, 2013, Ndlovu visited Audrey and made her tea which she laced with a harmful substance. When she went back to Audrey’s house to check on her later that afternoon, Ndlovu was surprised to find her sister still alive. She then allegedly strangled her and left. Audrey’s body had already decomposed when it was later found.
According to the State, Ndlovu had submitted several claims to various insurance companies on the policies that covered her sister but without her sister’s knowledge. She was paid about R700 000. Audrey’s son, Brilliant Mashego, allegedly found out that Ndlovu had received money from insurance companies following his mother’s death.
He allegedly confronted her and demanded that she pay it to him. Instead, Ndlovu allegedly organised a hit on Mashego too. His body was later found lying in a street. He had sustained massive head injuries.
Ndlovu’s live-in lover, Yingwani Maurice Mabasa, was next on Ndlovu’s murder list, according to the State. On October 14, 2015, Mabasa was viciously attacked. He died after sustaining horrific head injuries. His attackers dumped his body not far from the Olifantsfontein Police Station. Insurance companies allegedly paid Ndlovu R416 357 for the claims she had submitted on behalf of her lover. She allegedly contributed R40 000 towards the funeral of the deceased.
Another of Ndlovu’s alleged victims was her cousin, Witness Madaka-Homu, whom she had had also insured. The State alleges that Madaka-Homu left his home for work on a particular day, but never arrived at work.
His body was discovered with severe head injuries in a veld. According to the indictment, Ndlovu submitted several claims to various insurance companies following Madaka-Homu’s death and was paid R131 000.
Another victim was Zanele Motha, Ndlovu’s niece who was also brutally murdered allegedly for the purpose of claiming from insurance companies. Ndlovu allegedly took out funeral insurance policies for Motha from January 2016 to May that year. The following month (June), Ndlovu allegedly invited Motha to her house for two weeks. A few days later, Motha was found lying on the side of the road. She had been so severely attacked that her head injuries rendered her unable to speak. Motha died a few days later in hospital.
According to the indictment, the insurance companies paid a total of R119 840 to the accused after Motha’s death.
Ndlovu’s reign of terror ended when she took the hitmen to her sister’s house for another killing spree. The State alleges that after pointing out the house she asked to be taken to the nearest taxi rank. This was where the police were waiting for her following a tip-off. She was then arrested on March 2018. Her several attempts at being released on bail since her arrest have failed.
