Mthethwa is known for his large format color photographs, but also works in paint and pastel; he has had over 50 solo exhibitions in galleries around the world.
According to Jillian Steinhauer, "The murder took place on April 13, 2013 when a man brutally hit and kicked Kumalo, who's believed to have been a sex worker, to death on a street in Woodstock, a suburb of Cape Town.
According to Ashleigh Furlong, "The defence's two witnesses, clinical psychologist Martin Yodaiken and social worker Anne Cawood, testified today in the Western Cape High Court on the first day of sentencing proceedings.
However, Xolani Koyana, explained that the "prosecutor Christenus van der Vijver put it to Yodaiken that the court had rejected Mthethwa's memory loss argument as fabrication.
Apparently, Mthethwa's lawyer William Booth had trouble gaining access to private properties to gather verbal evidence.
Furlong stated, "The reason for [the] delay was twofold—the Shona interpreter for a Zimbabwean man who was set to take the stand was very sick, and there was a need to compile a 'working document' of the papers that forensic pathologist Dr Linda Liebenberg might refer to.
Outside the courthouse, activists from Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and Sonke Gender Justice were celebrating the guilty verdict.
He [also intends] to sort out her tertiary education and funding for the next few years...The court [will] rule on Mthethwa's bail on Friday [31 March 2017].
[10] As stated in the Daily Maverick, "The accused's standing as an international acclaimed artist does not earn him a special sentence," said Western Cape High Court Judge Patricia Goliath.