VIDEO: Retired Westville nurse beaten, murdered in taxi hijacking on her way to church | Daily News

  • 📰 IOL
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 26 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 51%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

Florence Jennifer Dilworth was on her way to church on Sunday morning when she was murdered. DailyNewsSA

The daughter of M13 murder victim Florence Dilworth, Wendy Swarts, and her uncle, Jimmy Dilworth, mourn the loss of their mother and sister in a hijacking at the weekend. Doctor Ngcobo African News Agency Dilworth and Swarts at Swarts’s wedding.Durban - Florence Jennifer Dilworth was on her way to church on Sunday morning when she was murdered. It appears Dilworth, 55, unknowingly got into a taxi that had been hijacked.

She had also been beaten about the head, a hole in her skull leaving her brain-dead and her family with the difficult decision of switching off the life-support machines on their arrival at the hospital. Swarts, 34, had arrived in Durban on Saturday night after a trip to Johannesburg and had last spoken to her mother that night.

“When we talk she usually says, ‘I love you’ and I say ‘You too’ - instead I replied “I love you, too” and those were my last words to my mother,” she said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

DailyNewsSA Does GovernmentZA interventions and outcry over Gender Based Violence really amount to anything.. Everyday, somewhere in SA, females are being brutally killed & often raped by their attackers.. The Unspeakable pain trauma anguish that families have to go through. Very sad

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 46. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Josh Duhamel just posted a video with his MCM, Zac EfronJosh Duhamel posted a video with his MCM yesterday, Zac Efron 🔥
Source: Channel24 - 🏆 48. / 51 Read more »

Tshwane taxi drivers march against xenophobiaTaxi associations in the capital were protesting against xenophobia, drugs, and abuse of women and children. They never stop. I'm so tired of living in Pretoria. I hope it stops These Tshwane taxi men ba rata attention yong!!! 🙄
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Police probe assault case involving Coligny murder witness | IOL NewsNorth West police are investigating a case in which the sole witness in a murder case against two Coligny farm workers was allegedly assaulted. This is sad. So a person is only placed under witness protection to secure a conviction whereafter you are fed to the dogs... the audacity of the police to threaten a person enquiring with arrest.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Penalties see Highlands into their first cup finalHighlands Park beat Polokwane City with 4-3 spotkicks MTN8 semifinal win
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Santaco protests against xenophobia, drug trafficking - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Santaco protests against xenophobia, drug trafficking Taxi organisations that used a large motorcade to protest through the Pretoria CBD say their aim is to show that their industry is not xenophobic. There is a reason they started the violence &now ending it. So they are protesting to show they are not xenophobic..no more protest against drugs now..okay My concern is, howbeit, that loving ur country, country men/women n children b labelled as 'xenophobic'? Then what do they call 'crime haters'? 4 this cause Jabu Baloyi died! I say he n freedom fighters r more than the same. 'Heroes'🙌🙌🙌
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »

DA proposes legislative reforms to end gender-based violenceThe party's proposals followed the high-profile murders and rapes of women in recent weeks.
Source: ewnupdates - 🏆 30. / 53 Read more »