The case of a 30-year-old man accused of the murder of a 7-year-old girl has been postponed in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court and he is still in custody.

He is expected to apply for bail next week.

According to police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, Mulweli Nyambeni's lifeless body was found late in the afternoon on Thursday in a house that is still under construction in Kgamakwe Section, Photsaneng village, outside Rustenburg. 

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"Initial investigations conducted after the gruesome discovery led police to Calvin Khunwane, who was eventually arrested. [The] investigation into the matter continues and Khunwane will appear before the court again on 11 August for a formal bail application," Mokgwabone said.