South Africa: ‘Witchcraft’ Killers Get Life Sentences

1st November: Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mtubatuba High Court on Friday for murder, said KwaZulu-Natal police. Senzo Mkhize and Sphiwe Mkhize killed 71-year-old Velephi Dlamini at Maphumulo in 2005, said Colonel Jay Naicker. The men, aged 31 and 37, stabbed Dlamini to death after accusing him of being involved in witchcraft in the area. Read more here.