The family of 38-year-old Gloria Mancam says it has found some closure after her former boyfriend, Xolani Dlamini (37), was recently convicted of murder and robbery nearly five years after her death.
Mancam died on September 4, 2020, after an argument with Dlamini turned violent.
Dlamini was sentenced in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court to 15 years for murder and 15 years for robbery.
The spokesperson of the Dawn Park Police Station, Sergeant Nkemeleng Mabula, explained: “On the night of the incident, an argument erupted between the two while they were drinking at his home in Dawn Park.
Dlamini strangled Mancam and abandoned her body in an open veld in Mapleton plots. He fled using her car.”
Mabula said that during the investigation, detectives discovered Mancam’s car was missing from her property.
“The police circulated the vehicle as stolen and traced it to KwaZulu-Natal, where Dlamini was arrested while in possession of it.”
Mabula commended Detective Sergeant Phelelani Mhlongo, who led the investigation, for his persistence and thorough work that ensured the conviction.
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Family pays tribute
Mancam’s sister, Thobeka Mancam, described her as a woman of integrity and peace, loved by all who knew her.
“She was a well-known person, someone who was respected, who always looked after herself. Gloria knew wrong from right and always preferred peace over commotion, which is why she often kept to herself.
“She had no children of her own, but Gloria cared deeply for her sisters’ children and never missed a birthday.
Despite the conviction, friends and family say the pain of losing her remains.
“No sentence will ever bring Gloria back to us, but we hope this verdict helps us take one step closer to healing.”
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