News24 reports that a 29-year-old man who fatally stabbed his co-worker 37 times last year was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on Wednesday.

The Balfour regional court found Lerato Kalaku guilty of the murder of Lindani Ephraim Mhlungu, 27, on 23 September 2021. Mhlungu also sustained a skull fracture and a broken neck during the attack. Kalaku and Mhlungu worked together at a farm in Greylingstad in Mpumalanga and stayed in the same house at the farm but in different rooms. “On September 23 2021, the two were tasked to fix a fence away from other employees, and that is where an altercation ensued that turned violent. He stabbed Mhlungu 37 times in his upper body,” police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala stated. Mhlungu was certified dead on the scene, and Kalaku was arrested eight hours after the murder. The accused has been behind bars since his arrest until his conviction and sentencing on Wednesday.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at TimesLive

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