A man has killed his girlfriend for opening his bottle of whiskey and taking a sip.

According to reports, 27-year-old Palesa Moloi was stabbed several times by her lover, 35, for disobeying him and opening a bottle of Jameson whiskey, he had told everyone in his household he would be the one to open it.

The accused, who is from Tswelopele near Midrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been arrested for Moloi’s murder.

Captain Bernard Matimulane said when cops arrived at the couple’s rented room, they found the drunken suspect staring at Moloi’s body.

“When police interrogated him, he told them he killed the woman because she opened his bottle of whiskey and drank some while he was not around,” he said.

“He told the cops only he, as the head of the household, was entitled to open the liquor.

“He claimed it was his culture.”

The suspect was charged with murder and is expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrates Court on Thursday.