KWAZULU-NATAL – On Monday, 7 June 2021 Pietermaritzburg High Court convicted and sentenced Nonkululeko Ngwabe (46) to 22 years imprisonment for a brutal murder of her husband Warrant Officer Thulani Ngwabe.

On 3 November 2019, a lifeless body of Warrant Officer Ngwabe (51) who was stationed at Margate Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit was found on the railway lines near Port Shepstone beach with multiple stab wounds.

A case of murder was reported at Port Shepstone police station and the case docket was allocated to Hawks members from Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime unit for intensive investigation.

Hawks members left no stone unturned in their investigation and they first arrested his wife in December 2019. Her apprehension led to the information about her accomplices she allegedly hired to kill her husband. Members worked tirelessly until the three accused, Sthembiso Mbona (25), Nhlakanipho Ndovela (23) and Saziso Khambule (25) were brought to book. They were arrested in Murchison area near Port Shepstone in December 2019 and were also charged for murder.

All accused appeared in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court several times and were remanded in custody till to date as their bail was successfully opposed. The case was then transferred to Pietermaritzburg High Court for trial and it was postponed to 18 June 2021.

Source: South African Police Service