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Murderer gets 10 years

Man gets 10 years for murder at traditional function

A MAN was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a murder he committed on 5 July last year.

Sigcino Nxumalo (24) was found guilty of the murder of Siyabonga Mhlongo (18) in the Kwanyakanyaka area outside Nongoma.

Nxumalo and Mhlongo were at a traditional ceremony at one of the homesteads in the area.

He attacked Mhlongo, fatally stabbing him in the chest.

Mhlongo died of the stab wounds and the Nongoma police opened a case of murder.

Nxumalo was arrested the following day and he appeared several times in the Nongoma Magistrate’s Court before he was sentenced.

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