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Police in South Africa have found a woman hacked to death in the remnants of a house fire in what they suspect was a dispute with her husband.The police suspect that Phillip Mafalo killed his wife Magdeline Mpana Mahlokwane and then set their vehicle on fire before dousing himself in a flammable liquid and setting himself and their house on fire."During further investigations, the police found the bloodstained murder weapon next to the woman’s body. A bottle containing the remnants of a flammable substance was also discovered in the vicinity," police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo told Times Live newspaper.The couple's house in Driekop town in Limpopo province and a vehicle that was parked outside was also set on fire.A spike in violence against women has ignited protests over the last year in South Africa.President Cyril Ramaphosa went as far as declaring gender-based violence a national crisis.
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