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Thabiso Zulu's vindication: hitman's confession reveals state involvement in Magaqa's assassination
Cape Times
|June 11, 2025
A PROMINENT anti-corruption activist, Thabiso Zulu, who was also Sindiso Magaqa's close friend, says he is vindicated by the revelation of the state's hand in the murder of the former ANC Youth League leader.
Last week, in his confession under oath in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, the hitman, Sibusiso Ncengwa, revealed shocking details about the role played by the SAPS’s Crime Intelligence Unit members in the planning and execution of the killing in 2017.
Ncengwa, businessman Mbulelo Mpofana, former policeman Sibonelo Myeza, and Mlungisi Ncalane were arrested in 2018 and charged with Magaqa’s murder, who, at the time, was an ANC councillor in Umzimkhulu Local Municipality.
The hitman disclosed the chilling SAPS involvement in the murder as well as the role played by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials in ensuring the case's demise.
This story is from the June 11, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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