The three men implicated in the killing of Gabisile Shabane and her nephew, Nkosikhona Ngwenya, in the dock of the high court sitting in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Image: Naledi Shange/TimesLIVE
Whatever came out during consultations between a Legal Aid lawyer and the man alleged to have plotted and carried out the butchering of Gabisile Shabane was enough to make the lawyer make a U-turn on representing him in the case.
Shabane, a 13-year-old girl from Emalahleni (Witbank) with albinism, was kidnapped at gunpoint together with her 15-month-old nephew, Nkosikhona Ngwenya, from her family home in January 2018.
Her body was mutilated and some of her organs, including her genitals, ovaries, arms and head, were removed. Her killing was believed to have been muti-related.
Albinism killings trial delayed again Bongani Mthimunye
Comments Sangoma Thokozani Msibi, Brilliant Mkhize and Knowledge Mhlanga during their court appearance for albinism killing. Themba Thubane (third from left) is already serving his sentence. Photo by Bongani Mthimunye.
THE trial of three men accused of kidnapping and killing Gabisile Shabane and her nephew Nkosikhona Ngwenya was postponed to today.
Gabisile (13) and Nkosikhona (15) were killed in 2018. Gabisile had albinism while Nkhosikhona didn’t, but was mistaken to have it because of his light complexion.
The suspects appeared in the Middelburg High Court on Wednesday, where the case was postponed because the mastermind sangoma Thokozani Msibi (35) terminated his lawyer Werner Smit’s services.
03 March 2021 - 14:29 The three men implicated in the killing of Gabisile Shabane and her nephew, Nkosikhona Ngwenya, in the dock of the high court sitting in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Image: Naledi Shange/TimesLIVE
Whatever came out during consultations between a Legal Aid lawyer and the man alleged to have plotted and carried out the butchering of Gabisile Shabane was enough to make the lawyer make a U-turn on representing him in the case.
Shabane, a 13-year-old girl from Emalahleni (Witbank) with albinism, was kidnapped at gunpoint together with her 15-month-old nephew, Nkosikhona Ngwenya, from her family home in January 2018.
Her body was mutilated and some of her organs, including her genitals, ovaries, arms and head, were removed. Her killing was believed to have been muti-related.