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The boyfriend of a young pregnant woman in South Africa, whose macabre murder sparked widespread protests in the country against violence against women, was found guilty today by a court in Johannesburg.
Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba is accused of planning the murder of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule and paying for the murder gang.
The body of the pregnant cloud was found hanging from a tree two years ago, with multiple stab wounds.
Last week a Johannesburg court sentenced another man, Mzikayise Malephane, to 20 years in prison after admitting to killing Ms Pule.
Under the indictment, 31-year-old Malephane said he had been offered 7,000 South African rand ($ 500) by Shoba to commit the murder but he had refused. The offer was then raised to 70,000 rand, when he too had accepted.
Malephane told the court that the victim’s boyfriend Shoba “did not want his wife to learn about the child expected by the victim”.
Prosecutors arrested Shoba just last week, on charges of murder, complicity in murder and obstruction of justice.
The 32-year-old, handcuffed from his hands and feet, wore a black suit and white shirt in his first appearance before the court.
Ms. Pule’s uncle, Tumisang Katake, said that when he saw Shoba in court, “the wounds that had begun to heal reopened.”
He added that the family knew that Pule was dating Shoba, but did not know “what kind of relationship they had”.
On June 5, 2019, the Chicken body was found hanging from a tree in the Roodepoort area, in an act that sparked widespread outrage and protest, in one of the countries with the highest rate of violence and murder of women.
In a response, President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a statement condemning violence against women saying the pandemic had made life more difficult for women.
After a series of feminists last year, President Ramaphosa said South Africa was “one of the safest places in the world to be a woman.”
The next Shoba trial is scheduled for March 1.
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