South Africa – Man sentenced to 12 years for killing his girlfriend for getting an abortion

Man sentenced to 12 years for killing his girlfriend for getting an abortion

11 June 2019
By Nico Gous

The Polokwane High Court on Monday sentenced 39-year-old Joseph Mafifi to 12 years in prison for killing his girlfriend in 2018.

Officers at Tom Burke police station, outside Lephalale, received a tip-off on March 18 last year that a woman was being stabbed on a farm near Swartwater.

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