Thubelihle Sbonakaliso Mpisi with Mahlako Malebo Rabalao during her graduation. File Picture: Facebook
A Johannesburg attorney has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend and burning her in her car by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Thubelihle Sbonakaliso Mpisi, 30, was convicted of the murder of Mahlako Malebo Rabalao, as well as malicious injury to property and defeating the administration of justice.
Mpisi has been in custody since his arrest on July 28, 2023, after abandoning his bail application.
Mahlako Malebo Rabalao’s charred remains were found in her Mercedes-Benz on March 9, 2023, near her home in Midrand.
