Rosemary Ndlovu has received six life terms at the High Court sitting at Palm Ridge in southern Johannesburg for the six murders she committed, allegedly to benefit from life insurances.
She was earlier found guilty of murdering her six relatives. The state had asked for life sentences.
Family members of Ndlovu’s victims, who took the stand in her sentencing proceedings, feel Ndlovu showed no remorse.
The former police officer also took the stand asking forgiveness from her family for the killings.
After her judgment in October, many people in Mpumalanga felt Ndlovu of Bushbuckridge did not show any remorse during her murder trial and the court should impose a harsh sentence on her for the six murders she committed.
“While she was in court you could by the look of her eyes that she is evil, no remorse at all. There is nothing that is more important than a family,… my brother is very important so if you don’t care about your family so what about the society, no mercy, harsh sentence,” says a resident.
“We can look at Rosemary Ndlovu as an individual who committed the crime but when you look at where she comes from, you find she comes from a rural area. When she left Bushbuckridge to Johannesburg she went to find money, unfortunately, she went to casinos and had friends who would not advise her accordingly. If she had those who could have advised correctly, she was going to think about her mom,” adds another resident.
