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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A KwaZulu-Natal man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his partner after she ended their relationship, plus 11 years for possession of a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n

Thokoza Maxwell Ndlovu, 38, was involved in an intimate relationship with Phindile Misi Thwala and the couple lived together. Ndlovu had already paid lobola.<\/p>\n

However, according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Thwala suffered physical and financial abuse in the relationship in October 2021.<\/p>\n

“To this end, she applied for a protection order and verbally told Ndlovu that she was ending their relationship. He refused to accept this and continued to harass her,” NPA spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said.<\/p>\n

Thwala later became romantically involved with someone else.<\/p>\n

On the night she was killed, her new boyfriend worked the nightshift when Ndlovu barged into the house. He dragged her to a field and killed her. She suffered head injuries and bruises on her thighs and knees.<\/p>\n

“After killing her, Ndlovu phoned her family and told them about her death. He also phoned her boyfriend and told him that he would kill him too,” Ramkisson-Kara added.<\/p>\n

He was arrested 10 days later in possession of a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n

During the court case, Thwala’s family members testified with the use of an intermediary because they were too traumatised to face Ndlovu in open court.<\/p>\n

The NPA added that Thwala’s sister said their family loved and trusted Ndlovu because he cared for Thwala’s four children as if they were his own.<\/p>\n

Ndlovu was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, eight years for unlawful possession of a firearm and three years for unlawful possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n

He will effectively serve a term of life imprisonment after the court ordered that the sentences be served concurrently.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. A KwaZulu-Natal man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his partner after she ended their relationship, plus 11 years for possession of a firearm and ammunition. Thokoza Maxwell Ndlovu, 38, was involved in an intimate relationship with Phindile Misi Thwala and the couple lived together. Ndlovu had already paid lobola. 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