A South African attorney has been handed a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend and setting her body alight inside her car in Johannesburg. South African Lawyer Who Mourned Girlfriend Online Jailed for Life for Her MurderSource: FacebookThe South Gauteng High Court sentenced Thubelihle Sbonakaliso Mpisi on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. He was found guilty of murdering Mahlako Malebo Rabalao, as well as malicious injury to property and defeating the ends of justice. She was an IT specialist who was just days away from her 27th birthday at the time of her death. In the weeks following Rabalao's death, Mpisi took to Facebook to publicly mourn her, portraying himself as a grieving partner.