Zwelethu Mthethwa was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison.
10 Facts About Zwelethu Mthethwa
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Zwelethu Mthethwa left the post in 1999 to devote himself full-time to his art.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa is known for his large format color photographs, but works in paint and pastel; he has had over 50 solo exhibitions in galleries around the world.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa's work was included in the 2005 Venice Biennale and the 2004 Gwangju Biennale.
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In 2014, Zwelethu Mthethwa was charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman named Nokuphila Kumalo.
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The minimum sentence for murder with intent, in the form of dolus eventualis, which Zwelethu Mthethwa was convicted of, is 15 years.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa plead not guilty, and the court was set to continue on 8 June 2015.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa's sentencing will be delivered on March 29,2017.
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Zwelethu Mthethwa [ intends] to sort out her tertiary education and funding for the next few years.
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Yet another delay, as of 20 April 2017, Zwelethu Mthethwa's sentencing was postponed by Judge Patricia Goliath until 24 May 2017.