Man who killed heavily pregnant girlfriend gets 24 years

The Pretoria high court on Wednesday sentenced Brian Thamsanqa Somfaka to 24 years’ imprisonment for the murder of his heavily pregnant girlfriend. 

The murder happened in Nigel, Ekurhuleni, last year.

On August 13 2021, Somfaka, 34, used a steel pipe to assault his 28-year-old girlfriend Samantha Zungu, who was 38 weeks pregnant with their third child.

Somfaka then called an ambulance that took him and Zungu to Pholosong Hospital, where she later succumbed to the injuries, NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said.

Somfaka was convicted of murder last month.