Two taxi hitmen are serving a life term each after the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal sentenced them on Friday.

Muzi Sibiya and Nduduzo Shezi had been found guilty of robbery.

The incident had taken place at a pay point of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in Msinga in 2022, during which a woman was shot dead.

Provincial police spokesperson Rebort Netshiunda says Sibiya was found hiding inside a cave and was in a possession of a jacket and a two-way radio, as well as an undisclosed amount of money which was stolen during the robbery.

Netshiunda adds that suspect profiling showed that Sibiya was a taxi driver and a suspected hitman from Msinga area, and as such the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Taxi Violence Unit took over the investigation.

“Pieces of evidence collected from the suspects’ vehicle pointed to Nduduzo Shezi. A search for him led to a prison in Gauteng province where the Gauteng Taxi Violence Unit detectives had arrested him for a separate case of taxi industry-related murder,” says Netshiunda.

#sapsKZN Convicted hitmen Muzi Sibiya (42) & Nduduzo Shezi (36) were each sentenced to life + 80 yrs by Pietermaritzburg Regional Court 29/08, for Msinga post office robbery & murder of Nomusa Ntshele in 2022. Declared unfit to possess firearms. Hunt for remaining suspects… pic.twitter.com/l5YkAL3pYH

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