Sentencing procedures in the case of slain Schauderville mom, Shenice Jonathan was postponed in Gqeberha Regional Court on Monday.
Quinton Scheepers, 22, was convicted of the murder in November last year.
At the time of her death, 26-year-old Jonathan's daughter was just 19 months old.
Jonathan's murder on 6 August 2020, two days before Women's Day, sent shockwaves and outrage through the Schauderville community.
Her mutilated body was discovered the next day in what is known as "Die Kampie" with 47 stab wounds.
Though the matter was postponed so that sentencing procedures could begin on Monday, the court could not proceed because pre-sentencing reports were not complete.
Scheepers was arrested more than a year after the murder in 2021, while he attended the murder trial of his friend, Eustice Hahn.
His arrest came after his girlfriend and the mother of his child told the investigating officer, Detective Warrant Officer Neil Hendricks what she witnessed on the night of the murder.
The 19-year-old woman, who cannot be named for her safety, spilled the beans to Hendricks eight months after Jonathan's murder, and only when he dealt with her regarding Hahn's death.
Hahn was killed in January 2021.
Her testimony placed Scheepers in the vicinity of Die Kampie and at around the time the murder was said to have taken place.
She testified that she noticed fresh blood on Scheeper's and Hahn's clothing that night and that Scheepers had later confessed to killing Jonathan.
When judgment was handed down, Magistrate Wesley Reid said State Prosecutor Kim Barrath had proved Scheepers was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Among others, Barrath called two witnesses to testify as to a possible motive for the murder.
The court heard that a couple of days before Jonathan's death she was embroiled in an argument with Scheepers because it had come to light that she was allegedly in a relationship with his mother.
Reid postponed the case to 10 March.
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