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FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

Noluvo swelindawo

Sigcine Mdani gets 18 years in jail for killing Noluvo Swelindawo

By Shamiela Fisher

Sigcine Mdani was sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Monday afternoon.

  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Noluvo Swelindawo's girlfriend satisfied with murder verdict

    Sigcine Mdani was found guilty of kidnapping and killing Noluvo Swelindawo in Driftsands in Khayelitsha in December 2016.

    1578 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Judge: Swelindawo's killer fuelled by intolerance of her sexual orientation

    Sigcine Mdani was convicted of assaulting, kidnapping and killing Noluvo Swelindawo in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.

    1578 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator holds up a poster outside of the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in memory of Noluvo Swelindawo who was murdered in December 2016. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN.

    Sigcine Mdani found guilty of killing Noluvo Swelindawo

    Judge Derek Wille has found the 26-year-old's desire to kill Swelindayo was fueled by his intolerance of her sexually orientation.

    1578 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Noluvo Swelindawo’s alleged killer to learn fate

    Sigcine Mdani is accused of murdering Swelindawo because she was lesbian.

    1578 days ago
  • A demonstrator holds up a poster outside of the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in memory of Noluvo Swelindawo who was murdered in December 2016. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Man accused of Noluvo Swelindawo's murder testifies

    Sigcine Mdani's currently on trial in the Western Cape High Court in connection with Noluvo Swelindawo's murder in December last year.

    1630 days ago
  • A demonstrator holds up a poster outside of the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in memory of Noluvo Swelindawo who was murdered in December 2016. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Swelindawo murder: Friends call for justice to be swift, decisive

    The Western Cape High Court on Thursday dismissed an application to discharge Sigcine Mdani, who allegedly helped abduct and murder Noluvo Swelindawo.

    1634 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    [UPDATE] Discharge application by Swelindawo's murder accused dismissed

    Sigcine Mdani's accused of killing Noluvo Swelindawo in Driftsands in December last year.

    1634 days ago
  • Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Noluvo Swelindawo murder: Girlfriend hid behind bed during kidnapping

    Sigcine Mdani is accused of killing Noluvo Swelindawo in December, because she was lesbian.

    1643 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Partner of lesbian woman murdered in Khayelitsha testifies

    Noluvo Swelindawo was abducted, assaulted and murdered in December last year.

    1643 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Noluvo Swelindawo's murder suspect abandons bail bid

    The 22-year-old woman's body was found near Khayelitsha, a few days after she had been abducted from her Driftsands home.

    1978 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator at the official launch of the 16 Days of Activism for no Violence Against Women and Children Campaign. Picture: GCIS.

    ANCWL ‘alarmed & disgusted’ following murders of 3 women

    The African National Congress Women's League says gender violence remains a huge problem.

    1991 days ago
  • Deputy Minister of Police Maggie Sotyu at the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court. Picture: Lauren Isaacs

    Minister left shocked by murders of 3 CT women

    Deputy Minister of Police Maggie Sotyu says that she is shocked following the murders of three women in separate attacks in Cape Town.

    1991 days ago
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    Gender violence remains a blight on SA

    A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman’s body was found on Monday.

    1992 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Other suspects allegedly threatening Noluvo Swelindawo’s girlfriend

    Noluvo Swelindawo’s body was found on Sunday after she was shot & killed, allegedly for being gay.

    1992 days ago
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    Noluvo Swelindawo murder suspect makes first court appearance

    It is alleged that Swelindawo, known in the Driftsands community by her nickname "Vovo", was targeted because she was openly lesbian.

    1992 days ago
  • FILE: Noluvo Swelindawo. Picture: Facebook.com

    Suspect in alleged hate crime killing in the dock today

    Noluvo Swelindawo, an openly lesbian woman, was abducted and murdered last weekend in the Driftsands area.

    1993 days ago
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    Suspect arrested in murder of Noluvo Swelindawo

    The 22-year-old Cape Town woman was killed allegedly because she was a lesbian.

    1993 days ago
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    Community to hold prayer services for murdered lesbian woman

    Noluvo Swelindawo was found shot dead near the N2 highway on Sunday.

    1993 days ago
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