Media Statement from KwaZulu Natal Media Centre

Corporate Communication

South African Police Service

18 February 2014  

Siyabonga 'Joe' Ndlovu (29) of Msinga appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today, 18 February 2014, on charges of murder, robbery and arson. He was convicted and sentenced to two life terms for two counts of murder, 15 years imprisonment for robbery and 25 years for arson. The accused has been in custody since his arrest in July last year. The other suspect who was with the accused is still at large and the police are still looking for him.

On 25 July 2013, the police attended to a complaint of a house that was on fire at Keates Drift area, Msinga. On their arrival, two bodies identified as, Marlin Louw (88) and Njabulo Khoza (21) was found burnt to ashes in the house. Cases of murder, arson and robbery were opened at Msinga Police Station. The case was taken over by Greytown Cluster Task Team who investigated the matter and arrested the accused, Siyabonga Ndlovu.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni expressed her satisfaction at the sentence that was handed down by the court. "This sentence sends a clear message that such acts of violence are unacceptable in our society and criminals have no place within our communities," she said.

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