Mhlauli gets seven years in jail

However, the two sentences, that started yesterday run concurrently and that means Mhlauli is effectively jailed for seven years. Moroka said the maximum punishment prescribed in the statutes are grossly disproportionate with the offence committed. He said while looking at the offence, the punishment meted out is like a slap on the wrist.

"Punishment meted out to a man who steals a goat should be grossly different from a man who steals land. If you steal a goat, you destroy the future of a family but if you steal land, you destroy the destiny of society," Moroka said.