Tag Mpumalanga Division of the High Court

Man handed 10 year sentence for raping friend's wife

Teenager sentenced to 18 years in prison

An 16 year-old girl will spend 18 years behind bars for her role in the murder and robbery of a pensioner after the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court handed a sentence in Middelburg last week. The tragic incident that took place in August 2023 at Loding Village near Vaalbank…

Cop murderer to spend 20 years behind bars

Cop murderer to spend 20 years behind bars

Zanele Mkhonto (30) was sentenced to 20 years direct imprisonment by for the murder of a police officer. This is after Mkhonto pleaded guilty in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court for the murder of Sergeant Mandlenkosi Happy Thwala who was employed at the Kabokweni Police Station. She previously…

Murder accused to represent himself after dumping lawyer

Murder accused to represent himself after dumping lawyer

Murder accused, Velly Thwala will be representing himself in court. His request was made on Monday when he appeared in the Mbombela High Court on Monday for the murder of his girlfriend, Nontobeko Msithini whose body was stuffed in a bag in Barberton last year. READ | “Enough is enough”- Barberton…

Daughter sentenced to 20 years for mother's murder

Daughter sentenced to 20 years for mother’s murder

MBOMBELA – Valencia Nonhlanhla Mthunywa will spend 20 years in prison after she was convicted and sentenced in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court today. Her mother Wanter Jabulile Dlamini’s body was found dumped at a local dumping area near an abattoir in Barberton in January 2020. She was…

Seven life terms and 83 years imprisonment for serial rapist

Seven life terms and 83 years imprisonment for serial rapist

MBOMBELA- Elvis Aaron Zulu(40) will spend 83 years in prison following a conviction by the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court. His sentence is following 22 counts ranging from nine counts of rape, six counts of kidnapping, three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, three counts of pointing a firearm…

Prison warden appears in Witbank Magistrate's Court for drug dealing

Rapist to serve seven life terms behind bars

The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court which sitting in Mbombela sentenced Bongani Mthandazo Msimango for raping seven women in Nkomazi.  During the proceedings, the court heard how Msimango made the lives of the women difficult by terrorising them and thinking that was going to get away with it. In…