Deadly night out: 19-year-old student found stabbed to death in veld

A NIGHT out in Colesberg ended in tragedy after the lifeless body of a 19-year-old student was discovered in the veld between Bongweni and Khayelitsha in Kuyasa, Colesberg, in the early hours of June 5.

Northern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Mashay Gamieldien said the young woman was found with multiple stab wounds to her neck and abdomen, sending shockwaves through the community. 

The Kuyasa police launched a murder investigation following the gruesome discovery and are now piecing together the final moments that led to the student’s brutal death.

According to early information, the police were initially called out at around 2.25am on June 5 after receiving reports of an alleged attack at a local tavern in Khayelitsha. However, when officers arrived at the scene, they found no sign of any disturbance. Their search then took them to the Manne Dipico Hospital, where no related cases were reported.

It was while at the hospital that a man pulled up in a VW Golf and alerted officers to a body lying in the veld nearby. The police followed up and made the grim discovery of the young woman’s body at the location described.

The man, believed to be the victim’s boyfriend, has since been detained for questioning and was under police guard at a local hospital as investigations continued.

Authorities are appealing to anyone with information that could help uncover the truth behind the student’s death to come forward.

Anyone who can assist the police investigation is urged to contact Constable Gorra on 074 378 8229, call the SAPS Crime Stop line at 08600 10111, or use the MYSAPS app. All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

Northern Cape provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Koliswa Otola has voiced shock and deep concern over the brutal killing of the young student.

Her murder has also left community members in mourning and raised fresh concerns about violence against women in the province.