TWO years ago John Mdaka (43) died mysteriously after complaining of stomach problems.
According to the family, his widow immediately started acting strangely.
They say her behaviour became so odd they eventually got the cops to remove her from the house in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni.
And on Friday after she had left they moved the bed and made a shocking discovery!
In the corner they found a small heap of sand with a garden fork struck into the sand, a butcher’s knife and a packet of dog shit mixed with muthi.
That’s when the family remembered that some of the sand from John Mdaka’s grave was missing.
Sibongile Mdaka (34), the dead man’s niece, said they accuse widow Paulina Mabena (42), who moved into the family house with John in 2011, of evil deeds.
“She never looked after my uncle when he was sick.
“My uncle was still in the mortuary when she already started to accuse us of evil deeds,” said Sibongile.
“When we saw the sand in the bedroom, memories of the missing sand from John’s grave came back,” she said.
Sibongile said Paulina was always telling them they were evil.
“When we saw what was under the bed, we left the house and locked the door.”
Her cousin Rita Khumalo (27) said what they saw in John’s bedroom was scary.
“We never knew John’s wife was practising evil deeds because she was always going to church,” said Rita.
Daily Sun spoke to a family friend who is a sangoma and didn’t want to be named.
She said the Mdaka family was cursed with the sand from the grave.
“The dog shit mixed with sand from the grave means a spell of hardship for the family,” she said.
When Daily Sun spoke to Paulina she said the garden fork had been in her bedroom since her husband was alive.
“We kept the fork for protection against thugs.
“The soil where I struck the fork was dug up by rats,” said Paulina.
