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UPDATE | Life Behind Bars: Dumisani Phakathi’s Killers Sentenced for Brutal Farm Murder

The three farm employees were convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment despite no clear motive, with the court noting the absence of racial motivation evidence.

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Jaco Kemp, Louis Coetzee and Gert van der Westhuizen have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2023 murder of Dumisani Phakathi, who was viciously beaten to death on a chicken farm in Brits, North West.

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News24 broke the news in South Africa on Friday, March 27, 2026.
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