A 71-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in Kliprivier near Vereeniging on Saturday, Gauteng police said.

Constable Teboho Lephoto said the woman was found dead in her house around 4.00pm on Saturday.

A neighbour saw smoke coming from her house and alerted emergency fire services and the police.

When police arrived they found the woman dead in her house with multiple wounds to her upper body and a slightly burnt face.

Police believed the woman was alone at her house when she was attacked by an intruder or intruders who then set fire to her house.

A case of murder was being investigated. No arrests had been made.

Police were continuing investigations on scene, said Lephoto.

Sapa