IN THE HIGH COURT OF SWAZILAND
HELD AT MBABANE
CASE NO. 4427/05
In the matter between:
LINDIMPI WILSON NTSHANGASE 1st APPLICANT
MELLINAH NTSHANGASE (BORN NKWANYANA) 2nd APPLICANT
JUMAIMA NTSHANGASE 3rd APPLICANT
LAZARUS JABULANI MASUKU 4™ APPLICANT
And
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE TFOHLONGWANE N.O. 1st RESPONDENT
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE KHUZULWANDLE N.O. 2nd RESPONDENT
THE HONOURABLE JIM GAMA N.O. 3rd RESPONDENT
CORAM Q.M. MABUZA^J
FOR THE APPLICANTS MR. M. MABILA
FOR THE RESPONDENTS MR. MAGAGULA
MBABANE BURIAL SOCIETY INSPECTION IN LOCO
17/7/2007
[1] On the 17th July 2007 the Court conducted an inspection in loco at Mbabane Burial Society. This was to enable the court to see the remains of the late Muzikayise Ntshangase who has been in the mortuary therein since December 2002.
[2] The deceased was found to be in the cold room of the mortuary on a steel shelf covered with a cloth.
[3] When the cloth covering the deceased was removed it revealed the remains of the deceased dressed in a brown suit. The suit was oversized because it looked too big for the deceased. The mortuary owner Miss Dudu Dlamini explained that the body of the deceased had shrunk considerably and the waist size of the trousers was now double. The face and hands were exposed. The face had turned pitch black with only holes in the eye sockets. The flesh had dried up into the bones and some of it had . There was a white dust like substance on some areas of the face and the mortuary owner explained that this was in an effort to preserve those portions of the face that were disintegrating.
[4] The hands were claw like and the flesh thereon had dried completely and was stuck to the bones.
Q.M. MABUZA J
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