A JUDGE has dismissed an application by a Port Elizabeth mother who dragged her late daughter’s husband to court so she could oversee the burial.
Police constable Nomathamsanqa Ivy Tsitsi, 36, was shot inside her vehicle at about 6am on November 12, shortly after finishing night shift at the Zwide police station.
In dismissing the Port Elizabeth High Court application yesterday, Judge Belinda Hartle said she saw no basis why Tsitsi could not bury his wife.
“Grief and stress is magnified if you are in conflict with one another,” she said.
Nomathamsanqa’s mother, Nofikile Mtwesi, launched the application against her son-in-law, Mlungisi Tsitsi, 36, who is also a policeman and stationed in Motherwell.
Nomathamsanqa married Tsitsi in December 2007 but did not leave a will.
Mtwesi alleged in her court affidavit that the marriage was characterised by violence. Tsitsi has denied assaulting his wife.
A funeral date has not yet been set, but Tsitsi said his wife’s family was more than welcome to attend.
No arrests for her murder have yet been made.
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