Family elated as boyfriend who repeatedly bashed girlfriend’s head against wall gets life

Durban — In November 2022, Ntuzuma mother Ntombikayise Phindile Mkhize threw her baby girl a birthday party. Little did she know this would be the last birthday she spent with her toddler.A few weeks after the toddler’s party, Mkhize, 21, died at the hands of her boyfriend, Mxolisi Mvula, 32, who throttled her and bashed her head into a wall until she fell to the ground, then stomped on her head and face with his foot.On Tuesday, the Mkhize family finally got the closure they had been waiting for as the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court sentenced Mvula to life imprisonment for the…