Trio get life for killing Limpopo farmer

THE Limpopo High Court has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the murder of a farmer.

The National Prosecuting Authority said Zimbabweans Ugenius Saga, 31, Lloyd Mandumbu, 30, and Tatenda Ngwenya, 33, were sentenced for murder, robbery with aggravating circumstance, housebreaking with intent to rob, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and common assault.

They attacked Alwyn Petrus van

Zyl and his wife on March 20, 2020, at Bad Se Loop farm in Waterberg, and were arrested that day. “The deceased (Alwyn Petrus van Zyl) was tied up with a rope and … items were taken.”

The accused received life imprisonment for murder, 15 years each for robbery, five years each for housebreaking with intent to rob, one year each for assault, and Ngwenya 15 years for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.