AN injiva’s wife from Kezi, who fell pregnant when her husband was in South Africa, allegedly strangled her four days old baby and shoved the body down an anthill to conceal her adultery.

Police arrested Soneni Sibanda (35) of Noel Dube’s Homestead in Nhlupho village under chief Bhidi on Wednesday.

She went into labour on May 11 and was rushed to Kezi District Hospital where she delivered normally and was discharged on May 15.

Along the way home, she allegedly killed and buried the baby.

A source close to the family, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said reality struck Sibanda and she panicked after she had delivered and was supposed to return home with a baby who had not sired by her husband.

“Relatives and neighbours are all aware that it was not her husband who impregnated her because he had not returned home for more than one and a half years. We also think we know who she was cheating with,” said the source.

She said after several days had gone by and no baby was seen, a tip-off was made to the police and investigations resulted in her arrest.