Former DA councillor sentenced to multiple life terms for killing fiancée and children [SOUND]

# The Ladysmith Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal has sentenced former DA councillor Michael Buthelezi to four life terms plus 15-years in prison for the murder of his fiancée and three children in a house fire in Bergville in 2023. Buthelezi was also convicted of arson and giving false information to the police. National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara says Buthelezi had a violent history and threatened to kill his fiancée weeks before the fire: