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Valentine’s murder echoes Pistorius: Vryheid man jailed for 30 Years

Valentine’s murder echoes Pistorius: Vryheid man jailed for 30 Years

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

A KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after confessing to the brutal Valentine’s week murder of his 17‑year‑old girlfriend, whose body he hid in nearby bushes following a violent assault.

Police in Driekop have registered two cases of murder following the heated altercation at the mine in Ga-Mahlokwane village next to Khubetshane on Tuesday.

Valentines murder Fakude was accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend at Gegund farm within the Vryheid policing precinct on 16 February 2026.

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