Woman sentenced to 20 years for Mpumalanga police officer’s murder

Zanele Mkhonto was found guilty and sentenced by the Mbombela High Court for the murder of KaBokweni police Sergeant Mandlenkosi Happy Thwala .

According to Mpumalanga National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Monica Nyuswa, Mkhonto pleaded guilty in November last year. “In August 2022, she visited Thwala in Gedlembane and an altercation between the two ensued. He fell asleep and Mkhonto took his service pistol and fatally shot him several times. She then left the scene, taking the firearm and his vehicle. On her way to her home in Masoyi, she came across a roadblock in Zwelisha near KaBokweni and threw away the firearm, which was later found by the members of the public,” she adds.

“In aggravation of sentence, the state argued that the offender had not shown any remorse for her actions. Instead, she attempted to trivialise her actions by untested narratives via presentence reports. The victim impact statements were handed in and detailed how Thwala’s death affected his family,” Nyuswa says.

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