3 next to her left breast. PW6 is MAMAKHALA MAPHATHE. She was collecting firewood in the neighbourhood of the scene of the crime. She responded to a call and report made to her by some school children in the same manner as PW5. She also went to the scene of the crime. These are the first adults to arrive at the scene of the crime. Their observations of the deceased are more or less the same. MAMAKHALA MAPHATHE, was requested by MATHABISO SEATLANA to send some messengers to the village to raise further alarm. PW4, T'SOSA MOKONE, is an uncle of the deceased person. He heard and also saw the deceased person's mother cry as she proceeded on her way to KHALOLI. There these two (Pw4 and deceased's mother) adults found the deceased already dead. T'SOSA MOKONE's evidence shows this court that he observed the blood stain near the left breast of the dead body of LEFULESELE MAHLOMOLA. The accused reported to PW3 - LILAHLOANE SELLO, her friend and class mate, that she stabbed LEFULESELE on the chest with a knife. The actual stabbing was witnessed by Pws 1 and 2. In her evidence the accused told the court that she stabbed the deceased on the chest with her brother's knife which she took from the suitcase where it is kept at their home. The accused pointed out to the court that she returned the said knife to a place where she got it, immediately after stabbing the deceased with it.

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