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Pair plead guilty to KZN family massacre

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Two men have pleaded guilty to killing eight members of a KwaZulu-Natal family who they accused of witchcraft.

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Durban – Two men pleaded guilty to the murder of eight people in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.

National Prosecuting Authority spokeswoman Natasha Ramkisson-Kara confirmed that Thulani Donatus Mncwabe and Sibonelo Eric Mncwabe pleaded guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to the murder of eight people who were hacked and burnt to death last week on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.

The two had been expected to appear for bail in the Umzumbe Magistrate’s court, but it is understood that the two were highly cooperative with police.

Ramkisson-Kara could only confirm the guilty plea, but not the motive for the killings. She said the men would be sentenced on Thursday.

It is believed that witchcraft was behind the killings and that the two men were related to the eight that they confessed to killing.

African News Agency

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