Murder accused, Siyabonga Innocent Mkhize (29) of Malangeni appeared in the Scottburgh Regional Court on 1 June 2017 where he was convicted of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 15 years imprisonment for robbery. Sentences are to run concurrently.
Four men entered a tuck-shop (spaza-shop) in Harringworth on 11 April 2015 pretending to buy
Cigarettes and threatened the 64-year-old woman who runs the business with a firearm. They took her cellphone, cigarettes and airtime vouchers and shot her before fleeing the scene. Fikeli Jwara, 64, died at the scene.
A case of business robbery was registered by the Umzinto SAPS for investigation.
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