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Ntiyiso Xilumane pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend.
- A 26-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to the murder of his ex-girlfriend, has been sentenced to life in prison.
- The man was sentenced in the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane on Tuesday.
- The NPA in Limpopo welcomed the ruling.
A man who admitted to strangling his ex-girlfriend to death at the hospital where he worked as an intern was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
Ntiyiso Xilumane, 26, from Matsotsosela in Giyani, received the sentence in the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane.
The body of Dr. Shongile Pretty Nkhwashu was found in her room at Mankweng Hospital on the night of January 19, 2020.
Xilumane was a student at Limpopo University and had a son with Nkhwashu.
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“At the time of the incident, the internal doctor was no longer his girlfriend. It was evidence from the State that the deceased had ended the relationship,” said Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi, regional spokesman for the National Tax Authority (NPA).
Nkhwashu sent Xilumane a text message on January 15, 2020, ending their relationship.
On January 17, Xilumane traveled from her village in Giyani to the Mankweng Hospital where Nkhwashu worked.
He admitted to grabbing her by the neck and throwing her onto a bed.
Nkhwashu’s father, Kenneth, also told the court that Xilumane used to assault his daughter. He told the court that his daughter had sent him a photo of her with a puffy face.
