They contained the remains of Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her two young daughters, 15-year-old Natalie and five-year-old Nala. Just days before the burial, a delegation from the Tshuma family arrived at the Khumalo residence in Gwabalanda. Post-mortem examinations later confirmed that Nothabo, Natalie, and Nala had all died from blunt force trauma to the head. “To the Tshuma family, you gave birth to flesh, but not to the soul. The Khumalo family has brought their daughter home, reclaiming her from a marriage that ended in blood.