Who was Ntokozo Xaba? A young activist brutally stabbed to death by her Ex Boyfriend
Olivia House
Published Jan 08, 2026
Ntokozo Xaba was supposedly cut to death by her ex at an understudy home at Ekhaya Intersection in Pretoria on Thursday, 2 February.
Ntokozo Xaba Cut TO DEATH As indicated by police, on Wednesday, Ntokozo Xaba was drinking with companions, including her ex.
The companions allegedly left the two together that evening. The next morning, the casualty was found dead with cut injuries on the neck.
“The ex has been brought in to be interrogated by the police,” police representative Dimakatso Sello said. TUT said it is stunned and profoundly disheartened by the understudy’s passing.
Representative Phaphama Tshisikhawe said the Ntokozo Xaba was signed up for a Public Certificate in Coordinated Correspondence program, and she met her troublesome passing in what has all the earmarks of being an episode of Orientation Based Viciousness.
THE Homicide The group of a young lady, from Osizweni in Newcastle in KwaZulu Natal, who was supposedly killed by her ex, who is likewise a rugby player, are looking for replies. The family says they need to know why the suspect killed their sister and little girl, years after she left him.
Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba, 20, was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend on 2 February 2023 in her student residence in Ekhaya Junction, Pretoria.
Ntokozo was a third-year student at @Official_TUT Tshwane University of Technology.
— Women For Change (@womenforchange5) February 3, 2023
TUT Understudy Ntokozo Xaba, an understudy from Tshwane College of Innovation (TUT) was supposedly wounded to death by an ex-secondary school sweetheart who needed love back on Wednesday night. It is affirmed that the ex who dated Xaba in secondary school was drinking with the young lady and two different companions at her home at TUT in Tshwane when they left the two together. The third-year understudy was found killed the following day with cut injuries on her neck.
FAMILY IN Dismay TUT understudy Xaba’s sister Thobile Makhubu let ZiMoja know that it was extraordinary and nauseating that her sister was killed by a man who comes from a similar region as her loved ones. “We are still in dismay. We were with her on Friday before she passed on Sunday to return to the TUT. Nobody in our family could accept it when we were educated that she is no more. We are irate and we don’t have words,” she said. Makhubu said their dad was crushed by the episode. “Our dad is crushed and can’t talk as this hurt him profoundly. However much we are appreciative that the suspect is in the slammer, we need replies regarding the reason why he didn’t acknowledge that it was over between them. My sister parted ways with that person some time prior in light of his harmful propensities.
This thing of ladies passing on in the possession of their friends and family should end,” she said. College Anticipating SAPS REPORT Thsisikhawe said the College is sitting tight for an authority report from the South African Police Administrations (SAPS). “We wish to pass our most profound sympathies on to the understudy’s family, companions, and individual understudies. The College is furnishing the TUT Understudy Xaba’s family with however much help as could be expected at this troublesome time,” she said.
The Financial Political dissidents (EFF) in Tshwane required the home administration at Ekhaya Intersection home to be explored and to give protected and elective home to understudies until their wellbeing is ensured. The party said through its Orientation Based Viciousness work area it would circle back to the case and proposition backing to the departed’s loved ones.
SUSPECT In a correctional facility Chief Mavela Masondo affirmed the episode: “The police in Hercules are examining an instance of homicide following the passing of a 21-year-elderly person. It is accounted for that on 01 February 2023, the casualty was drinking with companions, including her ex at her home at TUT. The companions supposedly left, leaving the two together. The next morning, the casualty was found dead with cut injuries on the neck. The ex has since been brought in to be interrogated by the police. Examinations proceed,” he said.
According to Mayenzi’s friends this wasn’t the first incident that Ngcebo hits Mayenzi.On Thursday 2nd February Ngcebo and his friends came up to Mayenzi room but never stayed for long,when the other friends left Ngcebo asked to speak to Mayenzi
— Jumaima❤🤗 (@ElihlerhVilaka1) February 3, 2023
BLUE BULLS Denounces THE Occurrence Blue Bulls Rugby Association expressed on Friday with respect to the suspect who plays for their group. “Inferable from online entertainment informing, the Blue Bulls Rugby Association has been made mindful of a supposed homicide case including a youthful rugby player who addressed the Blue Bulls Nation Regions during the 2022 season. While we don’t have a clue about every one of the insights concerning the episode, we wish to emphasize that the Blue Bulls Rugby Association, its subsidiaries, accomplices, and individuals, keep on remaining in one voice, censuring all types of orientation based savagery in the most grounded of terms.” the group said in a proclamation.
GOD’s Youngster Posted I never figured my family will be hit with the #GenderBasedViolence case. Ever. This person butchered our 20-year-old Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba at a Res @TUT the previous evening and killed her. He plays rugby for the @BlueBulls he’s a wiped out charlatan who has the right to spoil in prison.
Individuals for Change Posted Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba, 20, was purportedly wounded to death by her sweetheart on 2 February 2023 in her understudy home in Ekhaya Intersection, Pretoria. Ntokozo was a third-year understudy at the Tshwane College of Innovation. Take off Sister.
Reagil Beam Posted This is Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba(20) third year understudy at TUT, she was supposedly killed by her ex on 2 Feb, who had been savage towards her previously. She didn’t merit being cut to death. #justiceforNtokozoMayenziXaba #condolences #condolence