10 friend. They were coming from behind the accused and her friend because as they were seen across the river, they were from the shopping centre. Accused decided to wait for them. PW3 LILAHLOANE SELLO appealed to the accused to let those be. She urged her to come along home with her. Accused refused and waited for the deceased and company. It is evident that it is the accused who waylaid the deceased. The evidence of their encounter by the crown witnesses at the scene of the crime points directly to that fact. When the deceased arrived at the spot where LILAHLOANE SELLO left the accused waiting for the deceased, the accused stopped her and challenged her to a fight. The deceased enquired since she was at that time, in the company of three other girls, if the challenge is directed at her personally. The accused, according to PW1 who was there present, confirmed that it is the deceased whom she is challenging to a fight. Accepting that challenge, the deceased put down her books. It was when she was still in the process of raising up from putting down her books, when suddenly this accused stabbed her on the chest with the knife. This act of stabbing of the deceased, on the chest by the accused, was witnessed by all the school children there present, including PW1 MOLELEKENG and PW2 THANDIWE MACHABA. There is no evidence showing any exchange of blows. There is no evidence, except unsupported allegation by the accused, that the deceased ever lifted even a finger at the accused. The accused herself told this court that she did not brandish or