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Hitmen’s lawyer sentenced for delaying trial

The judge found Sithembiso Nkatha avoided court, delaying a mass murder trial from July 2025 to October 2026

An attorney has been sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R10,000 fine, half suspended, for delaying a major murder trial by more than a year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson.

Attorney Sithembiso Nkatha was due to represent an accused in a mass murder case but failed to appear when the trial was due to start in July 2025. He was sitting as a magistrate in Pinetown at the time.
Judge Jacqueline Henriques rejected his explanations, finding he had deliberately avoided court and failed to formally withdraw from the case.
Nkatha was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment or a fine of R10,000 – half suspended.
The trial, involving the 2021 murders of three members of the Thandroyen family, can now only…

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