South Africa: Muti murderers get life sentences

A man and a woman found guilty of cutting up a six-year-old girl for muti before killing her were sentenced to life in prison by the Nelspruit Circuit of the Pretoria High Court on Friday.

Stella Sibongile Zulu (25) and Sifiso Wonder Vilakazi (49), from Masibekela near Komatipoort, were convicted of murder and abduction, a Sapa correspondent reported. The court found that they killed Dimakatso Shabangu, who went missing on April 21, 2009. Her body was found floating in a river four days later.

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