Magolego ‘remorseful’ for the murder of Thando Khumalo

‘Remorseful’ killer Peter Mphulo Magolego, the man who shot dead Sandtonview High School learner Thando Khumalo, will hear the number of years he will have to serve when he appears in the Alexandra Regional Court on June 7.

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Convicted murderer Magolego had been scheduled for sentence on April 30 in the same court but this had to be postponed following an application from his attorney to be granted the right to engage the services of a social worker in mitigation of sentence.

The court granted the application but ordered that this must also apply to the Khumalo and the Masebe families in aggravation of sentence for the convict. The late Thando was Sipho Masebe’s adopted son as instructed by Masebe’s late sister just before she passed on. The magistrate said two social workers must be appointed, one for the convict and the other for the two families.
In his confession in court, Magolego said he accepted full responsibility for the murder of the schoolboy and ‘I don’t want to waste the court’s time as I feel remorseful for what I did’.
This case has dragged on for three years as the South Gauteng High Court had to decide whether it could be heard in its jurisdiction or referred back to the Alexandra Regional Court for trial.
The South Gauteng High Court finally ruled that the case be heard in the Alex Regional Court and the case was put back on the roll. Magolego was back in court on April 16 and he pleaded guilty to murder after being charged.

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Magolego had initially been scheduled for sentence on April 23 but it had to be moved to April 30 as he had another court matter to attend.
Thando (20) was fatally shot at close range after a chase following a road rage incident on August 28, 2022. The Grade 11 learner was returning to his home in Tsutsumani Village in the early morning hours from a night out with six of his friends when he met his tragic death on the corner of 12th Avenue and Hofmeyr Street.

Magolego, who is a well-known socialite in Alexandra, got into an argument with the boys and pulled a gun. The boys abandoned their car and made a run for it.
Magolego, with gun in hand, gave chase and caught up with Thando and shot him in the back of the head. He died on the spot while one of the boys was badly injured in the leg.

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