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Palesa Madiba's killer sentenced to 31 years behind bars
The Johannesburg High Court sentenced Dumisani Mkhwanazi to 20-years for murder, three for theft, eight for defeating the ends of justice and more for further...
Dumisani Mkhwanazi was found guilty of her murder earlier this year, seven years after Madiba was last seen at her friend's home in Phiri, Soweto.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the scourge of gender-based violence a second pandemic which the country had to contend with in 2020.
After seven years, the man accused of killing the 19-year-old University of Johannesburg student was convicted of her murder on Friday.
Dumisani Mkhwanazi was earlier on Friday found guilty of the 19-year-old’s murder as well as on charges of defeating the ends of justice by burying her body.
Dumisani Mkhwanazi was on Friday found guilty of the 19-year-old’s murder as well as on charges of defeating the ends of justice by burying her body.
The remains of Palesa Madiba were found buried in a shallow grave at her friend's home in 2015 after she went missing in 2013.
Magistrate Zweli Zwakhe warned Dumisani Mkhwanazi that the court wouldn’t tolerate any more excuses preventing proceedings from getting under way.
Dumisani Mkhwanazi, the man accused of killing Madiba and burying her in a shallow grave, will be back at the Protea Magistrates Court.
University of Johannesburg student Palesa Madiba went missing in 2013 and her remains were discovered two years later.
Palesa Madiba disappeared in August 2013 while visiting a friend in Phiri, Soweto. Her skeletal remains were discovered at the same house two years later.
Palesa Madiba's skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave at a friend's home in Soweto in December of 2015, after police received a tip-off.
It’s been over two years since her remains were found in Phiri and over four years since she disappeared but her family still has no answers on who was responsible for her death.
The acting national commissioner of police says although he can’t share details, officers are hard at work.
The Gauteng premier says criminals took away the life of a student who had great potential.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura and community safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane shared their condolences and are committed to tracking down her killers.
She went missing in 2013 before her skeleton was found in a shallow grave at a house in Phiri in December.
A funeral service was held for Madiba at the University of Johannesburg's Soweto campus at the weekend.
Palesa Madiba’s family says her death highlights that violence against women is still rife.