Speaking in the Pietermaritzburg High Court after Mondli Michael Shozi, 26, and Sbongiseni Phungula, 25, were convicted of murder, rape and robbery, Sister Gerald Frye, of Sacred Heart Home, in Ixopo, said yesterday that the men must face their punishment for their brutal attack on the Austrian-born nun.
"We have some closure but our hearts are sore that young people commit acts like this. Something is very wrong with the education system for the young, and in families," she said.
Frye said the convent will not shut its doors.
"We will not barricade ourselves. We will continue doing what we came here to do and that is care for the poor, the sick and the young.
"We do not want them to languish away. We pray that they use the time in prison to improve," she said.
"God can touch people even in prison."
Judge Nompumelelo Radebe yesterday said district surgeon Yusuf Bhana's evidence was reliable.
Bhana testified that a shoelace had been placed over the towel that he found wrapped around the nun's neck.
"The shoelace indicates that extra effort was made to ensure that she wasn't alive."
"We have some closure but our hearts are sore that young people commit acts like this. Something is very wrong with the education system for the young, and in families," she said.
Frye said the convent will not shut its doors.
"We will not barricade ourselves. We will continue doing what we came here to do and that is care for the poor, the sick and the young.
"We do not want them to languish away. We pray that they use the time in prison to improve," she said.
"God can touch people even in prison."
Judge Nompumelelo Radebe yesterday said district surgeon Yusuf Bhana's evidence was reliable.
Bhana testified that a shoelace had been placed over the towel that he found wrapped around the nun's neck.
"The shoelace indicates that extra effort was made to ensure that she wasn't alive."
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