Concern about a missing friend this week led to a life sentence and an additional 23 years imprisonment handed down to Vusimuzi Victor Makhaye in the Estcourt regional court.
KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Makhaye was convicted on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder and defeating the administration of justice after the September 2023 murder of his partner, Nosipho Constance Madondo, 40.
Makhaye and Madondo lived in Mooi River and Estcourt, respectively.
