# The former station commander of Mandeni police station in KwaZulu-Natal committed suicide yesterday morning before she was to appear in court. Mary-Jane Ziningi Zulu was due to appear before the Richards Bay Commercial Crimes Court on two counts of theft of exhibit money worth 108-thousand-rand. Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesperson Grace Langa says Zulu consumed poison. The matter has now been postponed to March for the deceased’s lawyers to submit a death certificate to the court.