{"id":913875,"date":"2022-01-06T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/court-hears-how-widow-of-taxi-boss-stood-to-claim-r1-5m-for-murdering-her-son\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T09:13:11","slug":"court-hears-how-widow-of-taxi-boss-stood-to-claim-r1-5m-for-murdering-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/court-hears-how-widow-of-taxi-boss-stood-to-claim-r1-5m-for-murdering-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Court hears how widow of taxi boss stood to claim R1.5m for murdering her son"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DURBAN – THE Camperdown Magistrate\u2019s Court in KwaZulu-Natal heard details of how a Cato Ridge taxi boss\u2019s widow and her alleged accomplices planned the murder of her son, Asanda Nzama, in order to claim insurance.<\/p>\n

Jane Ziningi Nzama, 49, her \u201cboyfriend\u201d, a pastor and traditional healer in Inchanga, Mthokoziseni Majozi, 49, and a family friend, Simphiwe Silangwe, 29, appeared on Wednesday for a bail decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All the accused made representations for the State to grant them bail.<\/p>\n

The matter was postponed to January 11 for a bail decision.<\/p>\n

Nzama and Silangwe face counts of murder and fraud while Majozi has an additional charge of conspiracy to commit murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nzama has pleaded guilty to all the charges while her alleged accomplices pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Ian Meyiwa read an affidavit by the investigating officer, Constable Noluthando Sangweni, saying that the investigation revealed that Silangwe allegedly pretended to be Asanda when he took out a life policy to the value of R1.5 million with 1Life Insurance a month before the murder.<\/p>\n

Nzama is alleged to have provided her son\u2019s personal details to Silangwe, and her bank account details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhen the first premium had to be deducted by the insurance company, it could not go through. But a day before Asanda\u2019s murder, Silangwe made arrangements with 1Life Insurance to pay the premium in cash. The money was deposited at Pep,\u201d the affidavit read.<\/p>\n

Forensic investigations revealed that Silangwe, who stays in Pietermaritzburg, was in the vicinity of the crime scene the night before Asanda Nzama\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

His mother was listed as a beneficiary of the policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asanda Nzama, 20, whose own mother has admitted to his murder in order to claim R1.5 million from 1Life Insurance. Picture: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“On 20 April 2021, Nzama phoned 1Life Insurance to make a claim, but it was declined due to fraud suspicions. Nzama also took out other policies for Asanda a month before he was murdered.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe got a payment of R49 000 from Old Mutual, R15 750 from FNB Life and R26 995 from Finrite, while Icebolethu made funeral arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was also stated that Nzama had admitted to having an affair with Majozi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMajozi took out a R20 000 funeral cover for Asanda, and claimed to be his nephew \u2013 which is not true,\u201d the affidavit read.<\/p>\n

Because Asanda Nzama was killed, the insurance paid R40 000, as was the norm with an unnatural death.<\/p>\n

Only one insurance premium had been paid by the accused prior to claiming from the policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMajozi did not get along with Asanda, as he was annoyed by the fact that Majozi would come and sleepover at the Nzama home.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was also revealed that all three accused had taken policies for other people, who might be in danger of being killed should the accused be released on bail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accused are also involved in the murder of Nzama\u2019s husband, who was killed in the same way as Asanda,\u201d the affidavit read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The State is opposed to the accused being granted bail.<\/p>\n

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DURBAN – THE Camperdown Magistrate\u2019s Court in KwaZulu-Natal heard details of how a Cato Ridge taxi boss\u2019s widow and her alleged accomplices planned the murder of her son, Asanda Nzama, in order to claim insurance. Jane Ziningi Nzama, 49, her \u201cboyfriend\u201d, a pastor and traditional healer in Inchanga, Mthokoziseni Majozi, 49, and a family friend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-913875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}