Former JSE analyst Ntuthuko Shoba has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of his pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule, which he orchestrated with the help of an acquaintance.
In March, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg found Shoba guilty of orchestrating to have Pule, his estranged girlfriend, murdered after she confirmed she was pregnant.
Pule was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in June 2020. Muzikayise Malephane confessed to killing her. Malephane, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in jail for his part in the murder, testified against Shoba.
“You will spend the rest of your natural life in prison unless the parole authorities consider you fit for release in the fullness of time,” said Johannesburg high court acting judge Stuart Wilson.
Delivering his sentence on Friday, Acting Judge Stuart Wilson said there were no compelling reasons for the court not to impose the prescribed penalty of life in prison for Shoba’s crime.
The prosecution also led evidence on a series of WhatsApp messages between Shoba and Pule showing that he was absent, did not care about Pule’s
