Murder-Suicide: South African man kills woman, then himself.

34-four-year-old Cacisile Gumede’s body was found at her home in Mhali - in the Msunduzi area, KZN, South Africa on Saturday night.

She had been shot in the neck by a man said to be her builder and was declared dead at the scene.

The following day the man believed to have killed her, allegedly took his own life in Umlazi

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Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala, who confirmed the incident said investigations are continuing.

“An inquest docket was opened for investigation at the Umlazi police station, after a man - believed to be in his 30s - shot himself on July 1, in Umlazi’s V Section,” she says,

“He is suspected to have murdered a 34-year-old woman, who was killed in the Mhali area, on Saturday”.

The KZN Health Department says Gumede worked as a data capturer at the Msunduzi Clinic, in Cato Ridge.

It says her alleged killer, Sdimi Ngwane - who was a builder - was working at Gumede's house when she was shot dead.

The mother of two was with her sister and a colleague at the time.