{"id":100704,"date":"2019-08-23T11:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=100704"},"modified":"2019-08-23T12:51:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T10:51:35","slug":"stay-tuned-sentencing-proceedings-themba-thobela-albino-muthi-murder-case-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/23\/stay-tuned-sentencing-proceedings-themba-thobela-albino-muthi-murder-case-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay tuned: Sentencing proceedings of Themba Thubane in the Albino muthi murder case about to start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thubane plead guilty to the murders and confessed to throwing the one year old boy into a river alive, before killing Gabisile for body parts.<\/p>\n<p>The other three accused, Thokozani Msibi, Brilliant Mkhize, and Knowledge Mhlanga, plead not guilty on the charges of murder and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100435\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-100435\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/killing-5-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/killing-5-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/killing-5-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Themba Thubane pleaded guilty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The courtroom is packed to the brim and a big ANC presence is currently protesting outside the magistrates court building where a big screen has been erected for court proceedings to be broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The police&#8217;s public order unit is present in court to ensure matters proceed without incident.<br \/>\nBoth children were abducted from their home before being killed.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0is at the hearing and will update readers on the outcome.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more about Themba Thubane&#8217;s trial:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/100589\/albino-killing-sends-shock-waves-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albino killing sends shock waves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/100555\/court-hand-judgement-muthi-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Court to hand down judgement on Muthi killer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/100491\/court-chaos-albino-murder-trial-unfolds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Court in chaos as Albino murder trial unfolds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentencing of Themba Thobela, one of four men accused of Albino muthi murders of Gabisile Shabani and her one-year-old cousin Nkosikhona Ngwenya, is about to start in the Middelburg High Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":100583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard 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