Johannesburg – A man was sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Nongoma Regional Court on Tuesday for raping and killing his girlfriend, KwaZulu-Natal police said.

Mandla Zulu raped his 19-year-old girlfriend on 25 December last year, police spokesperson Thulani Zwane said.

When she threatened to report him to the police, he strangled her.

He was arrested on the same day and charged.

He had been in custody since his arrest.

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