Two 18-year-old suspects have been arrested and charged with murder following the stabbing of a 19-year-old woman at her home in Mattafin, Nelspruit on Monday, 03 November 2025.

Police responded to reports of a residential break-in and upon arrival found members of the Public Order Policing (POP) Unit already at the scene. Inside the home, officers discovered the victim, Lusanda Mathabela, lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds. She showed no signs of life and was later declared deceased by emergency services.