Man convicted of killing former ANCYL SG Sindiso Magaqa sentenced to 2 life terms

Judgment was handed down in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court on Monday morning.

The man convicted of the 2017 murder of a former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) secretary-general, Sindiso Magaqa, Sibusiso Ncengwa has been sentenced to two life terms.

Judgment was handed down in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning.

Ncengwa pleaded guilty, admitting to Magaqa’s murder, attempted murder, malicious injury to property, and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

Magaqa was ambushed on 13 July 2017, outside a tuck shop in Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal.

He and two councillors were shot multiple times while sitting in a vehicle.