Tatenda Sithole, a Zimbabwean traditional healer, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a 16-year-old girl. The crime occurred in Botlokwa, a town in South Africa's Limpopo province. Sithole was also convicted of defeating the ends of justice. He received an additional 13 years for that offense and for violating a corpse. The case was identified as a ritual killing. The life term applies to the murder conviction, while the added years cover the other two offenses.