A 26-year-old man from Mpumalanga has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for brutally attacking his “girlfriend”.
Twenty-three-year-old Nomfundo Mahlangu, a grade 12 pupil at Sidlamafa Secondary School in KaMhlushwa, narrowly escaped death when she was hacked several times by her alleged boyfriend in 2021.
The attack, according to police, happened at Mahlangu’s home.
“Nomfundo was slashed repeatedly on her head and arms, causing a fracture on her hand as well as serious ear injuries,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala.
The alleged ex-boyfriend fled the scene after the attack. The detectives traced the suspect to his hideout in Carolina, also in Mpumalanga in November 2022.
“The suspect, Doctor Khoza, 26, was found guilty in Nkomazi regional court on Tuesday, 15 August 2023, and was sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment,” said Mohlala.
The court also declared Khoza unfit to possess a firearm.
Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Daphney Manamela commended the investigation team for the hard work.
“We as the SAPS [South African Police Service] management in Mpumalanga welcome the sentence and strongly believe that the perpetrators of gender-based violence, as well as those who abuse women and children, will get a lesson from this sentence,” she said.
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