Zinhle Mabena's Case Thrown out of Court Due to Lack of Evidence

Zinhle Mabena's Case Thrown out of Court Due to Lack of Evidence

- Zinhle Mabena's case has been "thrown out" of court due to lack of evidence

- Zinhle Mabena was arrested on Tuesday, 16 February for the attempted murder of her hubby, Robert Ngwenya

- Zinhle Mabena's legal team revealed that she has filed for divorce from her husband

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Zinhle Mabena has been released from jail. According to a statement released by the Isibaya actress' team, the attempted murder case against her has been thrown out due to lack of evidence to prosecute.

The star was arrested on Tuesday, 16 February and detained at the Olievenhoutbosch Police Station. The statement states that the media personality was told at the police station that she was charged with a case of murder and the attempted murder of her hubby, Robert Ngwenya.

She appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in Tshwane this Wednesday, 17 February where her case was thrown out of court. According to the statement, the prosecutor said her arrest was unlawful.

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Joshua Lazarus of Shapiro & Ledwaba Inc said all the allegations against Zinhle allegedly come from her husband, "who she has recently filed a divorce against".

Social media users have shared mixed reactions to Zinhle's case being thrown out of court. Check out some of their comments below:

@selina_m85 wrote:

"Why do I feel like the husband is behind all of this, something fishy going on here."

@LudwaX said:

"It doesn't mean she didn't do it because the case got thrown out for the lack of evidence!"

@maphondla_mn commented:

"In community of property will make you do unnecessary things."

@MBALEIGH99 wrote:

"Man with power and money will destroy you! He tried it."

@yself_104 said:

"This seems to be Malusi and Norma Episode 2."

@Cindere26156353 added:

"We all know lack of evidence in SA doesn’t mean someone is innocent, it’s the incompetence of @SAPoliceService when it comes to investigations."
Zinhle Mabena's Case Thrown out of Court Due to Lack of Evidence
Zinhle Mabena's case ha been thrown out of court due to lack of evidence. Image: @ms_zinhlemabena
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Briefly.co.za reported earlier on Wednesday about Zinhle's arrest. Zinhle plays the character of evil Sihle on Isibaya. Social media users have shared that she takes her shady and evil role on the soapie too seriously.

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In other entertainment news, Briefly.co.za reported that Mmatema and her hubby celebrated their second wedding anniversary on Tuesday, 16 February. The singer took to Instagram to wish her hubby Tshepo Gavu a happy anniversary.

She shared a naughty clip of the two of them enjoying a romantic moment during their anniversary. The TV presenter captioned the video:

"I love you always @tshepoga, happy anniversary best friend."

Mmatema and her hubby have one child together and usually post snaps of their beautiful family on their timelines. Mmatema's hubby reacted to her post:

"I love my wife."

Instagram users took to the talented singer's comment section to with her a happy anniversary.

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Source: Briefly News

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Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.