The man who killed Sibusiso David Maphumulo, a ward councillor in the Umlazi area, who was shot in the head outside his home in October 2018, was finally sentenced yesterday. Nkosingiphile Moses Gumede’s reign of terror was finally ended when the court gave him three life terms on three separate counts of murder.
On Tuesday, the Durban High Court sentenced Gumede to three life terms and a further 60 years imprisonment, following his conviction on three counts of murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Maphumulo was sitting in his car outside his house when Gumede and his accomplices approached him.
Gumede fired several shots, striking Maphumulo in the head, resulting in his death.
In another case, a Lungelo Given Radebe and his aunt, Nondlela Rosetta Sithole, were at a mall in KwaMashu when they were approached by Gumede and his accomplices, who attacked them and stole an amount of R22 000 from them before shooting Radebe in the head.
“Then in May 2019, Sanele Samuel Sanga was shot by Gumede while he was outside his house in the KwaDukuza area. Gumede was arrested outside the Sundumbili Plaza after police had been monitoring him,” said Ramkisson-Kara.
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