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A man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and two teenage children to death with a traditional Hindu religious object, appeared briefly in the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday morning.
He is alleged to have used a gada -- a traditional Indian mace carried by the Hindu god Hanuman -- to kill his wife and their two teenage children, aged 18 and 17.
Their bloodied and battered bodies were found in the family home by police, after friends raised the alarm over the family's failure to attend a memorial service.
The man was handed over to police by his relatives on New Year's eve.
The case was postponed to January 10 to allow the man to apply for legal aid and possibly make a formal bail application.
