A 38-year-old man allegedly stabbed his mother to death at a home in NU 3‚ Mdantsane, around 10am today.
According to police‚ the 61-year-old woman had allegedly tried to intervene in a fight between her son and their domestic worker.
She was‚ however‚ stabbed multiple times and declared dead on arrival at the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital.
The suspect has been taken into custody.
He is due to appear in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court on Monday where he will face a charge of murder.
Police were at the time of publication still on the scene taking witness statements.