The Durban High Court sitting in Scottburgh, South Africa has sentenced a 39-year-old man, Nkanyazi Collin Ndlovu, to three terms of life imprisonment and 14 years imprisonment for the murders and attempted murder of his family members.
Ndlovu killed his ex-girlfriend, Zanele Sharon Manzi, her mother, Qhamikile Doreen Manzi during a heated argument over money at the woman’s home in August 2023 in the Chatsworth area.
He then turned to his eight-year-old son, who witnessed the m&rder and shot him.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a statement on Friday, August 8, 2025 said his conviction and sentence also include firearm and ammunition-related charges.
The accused and the 39-year-old deceased were in a domestic relationship, and they had two minor children.
However, at the time of the incident, the accused and the deceased were no longer in a relationship, and the deceased resided in Chatsworth with her parents. The accused resided in Greytown with the two children.
Before the incident, the accused and the deceased had argued about money issues. On 06 August 2023, he went to the deceased’s house to fetch the children (he had left them there two days prior, for a visit). He was armed with an unlicensed firearm.
As they argued further, the deceased’s mother (70 years old), who lived nearby, was also there. The accused then produced the firearm and shot both the deceased and her mother.
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
