A murder suspect arrested on the same day a woman was found dead in her Vredendal house is expected in the Vredendal Magistrate’s Court once charged.
Charmaine Erasmus was found lying on a bed in one of the bedrooms in her house at Woelige Hoek on Tuesday morning.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed that a 43-year-old woman had sustained multiple stab wounds to her body.
She said a 27-year-old man had been arrested that afternoon.
News24 understands her assailant is thought to have entered the house by breaking a glass panel of a door.
A cellphone is believed to have been stolen.
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