Ex-husband of Lesedi FM Presenter Mackenzie Ratselane,41, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for stabbing her multiple times.

He was sentenced by the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Wednesday 19th April.

He was convicted for attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed gun and illegal possession of ammunition.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli said the attempted murder took place on February 11th in 2021 in Bloemfontein following a domestic dispute.

He said Ratselane was arrested six day later in Ennerdale, South of Johannesburg after being on the run from the police.

“He was sentenced to nine years for attempted murder of his then wife Dimakatso Folotsi, of which two years were suspended, three years for possession of an unlicensed gun and two years for possessing ammunition.

The sentences were ordered to run concurrently with the nine year-imprisonment,” Kareli said.

Folotsi’s attack sparked an outcry at the time with the Commission for Gender Equality saying they would want the commission’s court monitoring processes of various gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence cases convinced them that a speedy conclusion of cases of GBV can be realised.