A resident of Gainachas settlement in the ||Kharas Region who stands accused of setting alight a woman in a rage of jealousy made a brief appearance on a murder charge in the Keetmanshoop Magistrates' Court today.

38-year-old Isabella Eises was not asked to plead.

It is alleged that the accused poured petrol on Linda De Wee, whom she suspected was in a love relationship with her husband, before setting her alight on Sunday at the settlement.

De Wee succumbed to the 60% burn wounds, she sustained, on Monday.

Eises' case was postponed until 10 November and she remains in police custody.