A man arrested in connection with the disappearance of UCT student Uyinene Mrewetyana has been charged with murder, rape and defeating the ends of justice.
The 42-year-old man appeared before the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Monday morning.
He confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering her.
The man was an employee at the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont where she was last seen around lunchtime on 24 August.
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