{"id":186284,"date":"2016-02-01T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186284"},"modified":"2016-02-01T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:46:46","slug":"two-south-africans-jailed-for-killing-mozambican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/two-south-africans-jailed-for-killing-mozambican\/","title":{"rendered":"Two South Africans jailed for killing Mozambican"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two South African men found guilty of murdering Mozambican Manuel Josias Sithole have been sentenced to 10 and 17 years.<\/p>\n
The killing happened last April at the height of a wave of xenophobic violence but police say the motive was robbery.<\/p>\n
The cause got massive attention after being captured on camera by photojournalist James Oatway.<\/p>\n
His death led Graca Machel, widow of Nelson Mandela, to call for unity in the country.<\/p>\n
“I am South African. I am Mozambican. I am Zambian. I am Zimbabwean,” she said at a memorial service for Mr Sithole.<\/p>\n
Mthinta Bhengu and Sifundo Mzimela were found guilty of killing Mr Sithole on the streets of Alexandra, Johannesburg in broad daylight.<\/p>\n
“One man got Emmanuel down on the ground and started beating him with a monkey wrench,” Mr Oatway said, speaking shortly after the attack.<\/p>\n
Bhengu was seen as the instigator of the attack and got a 17-year sentence, while Mzimela, who got a 10-year term, was described as his accomplice.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Nomsa Maseko in South Africa says police investigations revealed that the pair robbed Mr Sithole of cigarettes and attacked him when he demanded that they pay for them.<\/p>\n
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Two South African men found guilty of murdering Mozambican Manuel Josias Sithole have been sentenced to 10 and 17 years. The killing happened last April at the height of a wave of xenophobic violence but police say the motive was robbery. The cause got massive attention after being captured on camera by photojournalist James Oatway. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n