Hlabangwane given life term for killing, mutilating his ex-lover

He pleaded guilty to planning and killing Pitse and thereafter dismembering her body.

While Moosa was reading the judgment, Hlabangwane sat in the dock with leg chains on in a courtroom packed with Pitse's family and community members.

Pitse's uncle Edward said he was satisfied with the sentence.

"We are not going to get our child back but we are happy that justice has been served. If I got the opportunity to meet him, I will tell him how disappointed I am with what he did. I do not think he has any regrets or shows any remorse for what he did," said Edward.

He said he still wants Hlabangwane to tell the family where the rest of Pitse's body parts are.

"He should tell us why he killed her and where the torso is so that we can get closure," he said.