Murderers sentenced to seven life terms
Two men, who pleaded guilty to the murder of eight people in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, were sentenced to seven life terms each on Wednesday.
National Prosecuting Authority spokeswoman Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Thulani Donatus Mncwabe and Sibonelo Eric Mncwabe were also handed an additional 20-years for one of the murders.
The two pleaded guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday to the murder of eight people who were hacked and burnt to death last week on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.
It is believed that witchcraft was behind the killings and that the two men were related to the eight that they had killed.