Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Vukani axe murderer to be sentenced
Uncategorized

Vukani axe murderer to be sentenced

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailMarch 19, 2014No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

A Grahamstown man who hacked his girlfriend to death with an axe is due to be sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday 20 March.

A Grahamstown man who hacked his girlfriend to death with an axe is due to be sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday 20 March.

Nkcazo Mpehlo, 39, a well known member of the community, murdered his partner, Nontsikelelo Mtwisha, 32, in the toilet of their Vukani home.

Mpehlo handed himself over to police after attacking Mtwisha with an axe on Sunday 7 July last year.

Mpehlo and Mtwisha had been living together in Vukani, while he was still in the process of finalising a divorce with his wife.

People in Vukani were shocked as police officers arrived at the couples' home and removed Nontsikelelo Mtwisha's battered body from the house they shared.

The case was transferred to the Grahamstown High Court earlier this year and was later transferred to the Port Elizabeth High Court where sentencing is expected to take place today.

Mpehlo was denied bail in the Grahamstown Magistrate's court on 13 August much to the relief of Mtwisha's devastated family.

Speaking to Grocott's Mail on Monday after Mpehlo's court appearance Mtwisha's sister Phumeza said the case being moved to Port Elizabeth is a major problem for the family.

She said travelling up and down to be in court was a big problem because they were not reimbursed for travel costs.

"Five of us including the driver have to travel to Port Elizabeth and we don't get any assistance from the court," she said.

During the lengthy bail application state prosecutor Lungile Msutu revealed shocking details regarding Mtwisha's murder.

He told the court that Mtwisha had been attacked with an axe while she was in the toilet relieving herself.

He said she was struck several times on the head with an axe and locked in the house, where she died immediately.

Msutu said Mtwisha's body was still in the toilet when the police arrived at the house.

Mtwisha's father, Reverend Lulamile Mtwisha, told Grocott's Mail shortly after the incident that although he was devastated, as a Christian man he would leave everything in God's hands.

"I am deeply saddened by the way he killed my child. And afterwards he locked the door," he said. "My child lost her life locked in that house, maybe someone could have helped her if he had not locked the door."

Mpehlo appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth High court on Monday 17 March and the case was postponed until Thursday for sentencing. He remains in custody.

Previous ArticleSearch continues for pensioner
Next Article A new generation to conserve water
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.