More remains were discovered in a nearby house before officers were led to a woman’s mutilated body under some rocks in Estcourt, South Africa.
Mbatha, Lungisani Magubane, 31, and Khayelihle Lamula, 33, have been charged with the murder of 24-year-old mum Zanele Hlatshwayo.
Mbatha, who is also said to be a traditional healer, has also been charged with “handling human tissue”.
Prosecutors say Magubane and Lamula went to Mbatha for medicine for good luck.
Mbatha told them the ancestors insisted that blood needed to be spilled.
Later it was reported Lamula found Zanele drunk and she agreed to get into his car.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court heard he then picked up Magubane and Mbatha and drove them all to a secluded spot where Mbatha killed the mum and scoffed down parts of her corpse.
All three suspects have pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Police spokeswoman Colonel Thembeka Mbheke said the suspects were arrested after Mbatha walked into the Estcourt station with the human leg.
She said: “When he was questioned, he produced part of a human leg and a hand.
“Further investigation led police to a house where they were met with a foul smell, and more human remains were found.
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