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News24 reports that two men from the Eastern Cape were sentenced on Monday by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for their involvement in the attempted assassination of two Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) members in Marikana, North West.
The two men, Samkelo Mkhutshwa (38) and Simphiwe Silwane (36) from Lusikisiki, were each sentenced to 25 years in jail for attempting to kill Amcu branch chairperson Malibongwe Mdazo and union member Msindiseni Kwenene, 15 years each for the possession of illegal firearms and five years for being in possession of ammunition. Silwane was also sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Mveliso Biyela. Mdazo was shot at on 22 July 2017 while sitting in his vehicle after a match at the soccer stadium in Mooinooi. He managed to escape. Kwenene was shot at in September 2017 while on his way to work. He managed to survive three attempts on his life that day. Biyela died after being shot while walking home from the Wonderkop hostel on 22 September 2017. While handing down the sentences, Judge Bert Bam stated that Mkhutshwa and Silwane were hired assassins who were driven by greed. The two men showed no emotions in court as they were sentenced.
- Read the full original of Ntwaagae Seleka’s on the above story at News24
- Read too, Life in jail for assassins, on page 6 of The Star of 4 June 2019
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