The court heard that Hlatshwayo had been beheaded by Mbatha who, with the assistance of Magubane, had removed her internal organs, hands, feet, and other soft tissue.
“They concealed the remaining body parts among some rocks,” she said.
“A month later Mbatha went to the Estcourt police station where he told the officers that he needed help as he was being forced to eat human flesh. From his bag, he produced a hand and foot belonging to the deceased,” Ramkisson-Kara added.
An inspection of his home later revealed the cranium of a skull, parts of a jawbone and decaying internal organs stored in various containers.
Mbatha and Magubane each received a life sentence for their part in the killing.