Killer dad gets 6 life sentences

By Thupeyo Muleya

A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man, Nowa Makula, has been sentenced to six life sentences by a South African court after he killed his 42-year-old girlfriend and her five children last year.

Nowa Makula, has been sentenced to six life sentences by a South African court after he killed his 42-year-old girlfriend and her five children last year.

The savage attack took place in the Eastern Cape and ironically at the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence on Women and Children. Makula of Elliotdale, hacked his girlfriend Nomzamo Mhlanti and five children with an axe while they were sleeping in their shack on November 24.

It is reported that three of the victims were his biological children, among them a six-month-old infant. Makula was on Monday slapped with six life sentences by an Elliotdale regional court.

The motive behind the multiple murders is still unknown and the bodies of the six victims were discovered by the woman’s 16-year-old son who made a police report. A blood-stained axe, believed to have been the murder weapon, was recovered.

Makula was arrested in Ginsberg, near King William’s Town, two days after committing the crime. The Herald

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  • Rofhiwa Ndou

    Bo Mr we r educated n hardworkers the Ben 10 mentality is for lazy PPL how can u have any old woman as ur wife the poor woman was tired of supporting him that’s why she was slaughtered with an axe

    • Philani Dube

      Rofhiwa Ndou why would an old woman date a young man.Let him pay for his evil crime though.

  • Moloko Leo Modiba

    He will never see the outside world again stupid we come hre for work not to be married and go stay in villages

  • Malvin Nyikha

    You are 32 yrs and you had someone ten years older than you as your girlfriend you need prayers my guy

  • Dassan Dyirakumunda

    Uyo ayida kunotongerwa ku Zimbabwe kuchikurubi chayiko 32 42 wopedza wowuraya futi

    • Agness Mukudzei Chikozho

      Matt Tich Quaramba it’s jus as good as saying life in prison….. 1 life sentence amounts to 25 years….. so 25 years multiplied by 6

    • Andrew Muza

      Agness Mukudzei Chikozho he took it as 6 years lol

    • Ronald Gore

      Andrew Muza ndovaya vanoita nharo vasina kuverenga….lol

    • Ziggy Maps

      Hakusi kusa verenga but kusatoziva kkkkk

    • Jimson Shumba

      Ronald Gore Kwete kt vaverenga bt vanzvengwa hre nerungezi

    • Tawanda Brilliant Kaseke

      Amana musadaro, takakurira pamwe nekudzidza kwakasiyana kusvika pakasiyana futi. Kusaziva haisi mhosva munhu anodzidziswa zvakanaka sezvaita sisi Aganess Chikozho

  • Agness Mukudzei Chikozho

    Serves him right….. where does a person get the guts to take a life jus like tt not to mention 6….. they shld jus do a life for a life sentence….!!! This is too much!!!

  • Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster

    In SA they value a woman,it’s not like Zim where men are allowed to do as they please n treat women like roaches,unosungwa,kufiramo

    • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

      Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster they did value women. But women do not report. They think abuse from men is normal in a marriage.

    • Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster

      Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba no Sis in Zim umfazi akusi lutho yinto nje,compared to SA

    • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

      Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster they don’t report . Remember I worked in the justice ministry. The few that reported are dealt with very strong. They don’t report they think abuse is part of being married

    • Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster

      Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba I’ve listened to a song where an artist was singing mocking women,in other countries it’s not allowed,the abuse is not only from husband to wife,have u noticed how Pastors abuse female congregants in Zim,they preach in front of the whole church n the church will shout Amen, whilst uthukwa nguMfundisi,umfazi ekhaya yinto nje,ilandelele uzoyibona

    • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

      Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster women allow it dear. Not the courts. They don’t report and they shout amen to nonsense. The problem is women how they have been brought up to tolerate abuse and think it’s noemal

    • Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster

      Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba 🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Yaah khona angikaze ngikubone bekuqakathekisa like the way it is here,ubonile loya odubule umfazi eGweru amapholisa afikile abuya amtshiya n people were commenting yaah vele kabulale,ngabe bekuseMzansi ube engeke abulale labo bantu I police sifikile.

    • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

      Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster he ran away . He is still on the run am sure. Ngamanga lawo ukuthi bamrshiya endlini as if they saw him and left. Umzala wami is a neighbour walabo abafayo. It’s not true.

    • Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster

      Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba ok u r ryt,but amapholisa afika besilwa,basuka bahamba yikho asala sedubula khona

    • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

      Mildred Nomsa Jelmaster mmmmmm abantu bayengeza Bantu. Kule police engatsiya uzibhakera zithunqa madoda

    • Hayiya Masuku

      As much as you might want to politicize this,world statistics point to SA as the rape capital of the world,the most gruesome deaths and rape stories occur in mzansi

    • Rofhiwa Ndou

      Becoz South Africa talks abt it dear Zim is evil but there is no freedom of speech if u work for ngos u will realise that actually SA is way better than most countries they don’t sweep rubbish under the carpet n pretend as if it’s not happening Zimbabweans r evil dear extremely evil but very good a pretending n living a lie becoz that’s what Zanu pf taught them n remember South Africa is a destination for African destitutes most of those crimes r commited by those destitutes within our boarders our weakness is the poor immigration system which allows every tom n Jerry to come here n do as they pliz withing our boarders SA is the. only country maybe Botswana too which respect women n children s rights in ur country they marry out a minor to easy the poverty let’s not even talk abt West Africa n Muslim dominated countries they r west follow documentaries in aljazeera I will respect SA gvt

    • Rofhiwa Ndou

      Currently most white farmers who r being murdered r violently murdered by Zimbabweans they drowned a couple in boiling water n their 2 kids exackly what they do in Zim during elections burning a person with plastic cuting off theirs hands drowning them in acid burning the entire family inside a hut guyz Zimbabweans r cruel even during the liberation struggle n gukuragundi they were doing it how do u open a pregnant womans feotus n leave her to bleed to death use sml,s mouth as an Ashe tray Zimbabweans r more scary they r heartless Dudu hijacking a person ,s car why remove their eyes u PPL r ruthless xem

  • Calvin Horita

    Dayi vamucheka mawoko nechinoda vakadzi ichocho

  • Mourinho De Sande

    Rest in peace young man you won’t come out of jail alive

  • Lazarus Ndoro

    Retrail here in BOTSWANA 🇧🇼 🇧🇼 please

  • Daniel Mapuru

    25yre multiply by 6== 150 yrs in jail
    Tell them to kill you younger

  • Memo Mudzimirema

    Akandibhowa fani murume uyu, kukopa hunhu husina basa hwema SAfricans.
    Mbiri yana Gidza is cheating, zvekuuraya izvi haaa havawanzodaro.
    Dai akafira kujeri ikoko

  • Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva

    Zvinohura zvivanhu izvi.. kuzouraya was a bad move wangu coz akunyatsorovesa iwe urimukati. The best action is to distance yourself. But well, its too late for advice

    • Sharleen Gonese

      Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva iwe Jabu koimi hamuzi maHure emakoko here apo munokurumidza kubatwa futi

    • Sharleen Gonese

      Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva saka ndizvozvo chichadzoka chimuti chacho🤣🤣🤣

    • Sharleen Gonese

      Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva so why hurt us first cause certainly we will hurt you more ndimi munochinjisa vanhu regai muhurirwe ende mukadzi haabatwe zvechihwai hwai

    • Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva

      Sharleen Gonese haa kubata mukadzi hakuna formula. Noone knows how to satisfy a woman. Generally these days, love is just a lying game for 2

    • Sharleen Gonese

      Jabulani Jays Nyamasvisva saka ngatingozvisiyai zverudo zvacho

    • Blessing Masendeke

      Hanzi vakadzi vobvumirwawo kuita barika revarume kkkkkk zvinganetse

  • Dunny Ian George

    He deserve death penalty this one he doesn’t have place among humans

  • Ruvimbo Thulisiwe Tumba

    They were supposed to hang him. Who does he think he is killing that woman and children in that manner? Crazy bastard

  • Blessing Masendeke

    Marabishi kuunza Ngozi mumusha nekuda kwemvana ,pavanenge vachiudzwa kuti mvana dzemuno adzina future vanozviita vazivi veLove yamandorokwagi ,paachaitwa mkadzi kujeri ikoko achanzwa bata ngazvifireko nxaaaa

  • Florence Tozana

    Akatoora Mai avo anemakore mangani?Mai vakapa mwana mushonga akakangamwa kudzokera Zim pawaka expire ndopaakaona kut shit chembere iyi yakanga yakandiisa mubhodhoro. Hasha dzikamukurira sry hako waita chidzidzo kune vamwe varume vanopinda muSA yekuda kuchengetwa nemasugar moms iyi ma1 ako

  • Jeclina Daimana

    Zvinenharo muurayi wacho anoratidzika seanoshaiwa wo

  • Stanley Chigowe

    Rot in jail-Chivuno chichabuda ngura,maziso abuda seTOCHI

  • Luve Keen Mas

    Wy cant yu jus cut that f..ken stupid head and feed it to the crocodiles

  • Malven Cheks

    6 life sentences hakuna kunzi 6yrs vanhu woye,meaning kut munhu uyu chero akararama for 120 years still haabude coz 6 multiply by hameno makore mangani