Bushbuckridge Gang Members Receive Life Sentences for 5 Murders
- Two gang members from Bushbuckridge were sentenced to a combined nine life sentences plus 60 years behind bars
- Sikhumbuzo Shaun Mpangane (36) and Bonginkosi Shakoane (24) were found guilty of killing five people in that area
- The police told Briefly News that the duo was sentenced in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Mbombela on 12 July 2024
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The community of Bushbuckridge will sleep easier after the sentencing of two members of the COVID-19 gang convicted of killing five people in that area.
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Mbombela sentenced Sikhumbuzo Shaun Mpangane (36) and Bonginkosi Shakoane (24) to a combined nine life sentences plus 60 years behind bars on 12 July 2024.
Bushbuckridge gang duo’s murder spree
The provincial SAPS revealed that on 26 December 2020, Mpangane, who was out on parole, shot at two rival gang members, killing one while the other escaped. Captain Magonseni Nkosi told Briefly News that about six months later, the duo attacked the family of the gang member who survived the initial shooting:
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“On 16 June 2021, the two convicts killed four family members who were asleep in Madras, Bushbuckridge. The victims were parents of the victim who survived and two teenage girls.”
Police arrested Mpangane and Shakoane on 20 June 2021 and 11 February 2022, respectively.
COVID-19 gang members sentenced
Captain Nkosi confirmed to Briefly News that the court sentenced Mpangane to five life terms for the five murders, 20 years for two attempted murders, seven years for possession of an unlicensed firearm, five years for kidnapping, five years for housebreaking with intent to commit murder and five years for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Shakoane was given four life terms for the four murders, 10 years for attempted murder, five for kidnapping, and three years for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
*Authorities cannot name the victims to protect their families.
Mpumalanga man sentenced to life for the murder of a 14-year-old
Briefly News previously reported that the man who murdered a minor on a farm in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, was handed a life sentence.
Farm security staff member, Sarel Petrus Du Plessis, was found guilty of killing 14-year-old Bhekimuzi Ziko in Kamhlushwa.
Mpumalanga's Acting Provincial Commissioner welcomed the sentence.
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