A 36-year-old man spent Christmas behind bars after he allegedly set his mother’s house alight in NU16 in Mdantsane while his 83-year-old wheelchair-bound grandmother was inside.
The elderly woman, Buyiswa Mongco, was rescued by a neighbour. The incident reportedly happened on Christmas Eve.
The man was arrested on the same day and appeared in the Mdantsane magistrate’s court on Thursday.
The family said the man had been denied bail.
The Daily Dispatch was, however, was unable to get confirmation on the case from police spokesperson Captain Hazel Mqala.
Nokwandiso Poliseni, 58, said she had been visiting a bereaved family when she received a call that her house was on fire and immediately rushed home...