A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years’ direct imprisonment for murder following a shooting in the Mumbe area in April last year.

Khulekani Ngema was sentenced in the Dundee Magistrate’s Court on October 14 and was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.

Sergeant Siyabonga Nkwanyana, SAPS’s Umzinyathi district spokesperson, sai, the deceased and Ngema had a minor quarrel before Ngema allegedly drew a firearm and shot him.

Detective Constable Thabo Ngcobo of the Nhlanhleni detectives was assigned to investigate the murder.

Ngema was arrested two days after the incident and remained in custody after being denied bail.

The investigating officer continued gathering evidence, which was presented in court and led to Ngema’s conviction and sentence.