{"id":90172,"date":"2025-09-22T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:16:10","slug":"richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence","title":{"rendered":"Richmond municipal manager\u2019s killer set to hear sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A convicted hitman behind the 2017 murder of Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole is expected to be sentenced by the Durban high court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sabelo Phewa, 34, was found guilty of killing Sithole in July.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, senior prosecutor advocate Nhlanhla Shange told judge Rithy Singh the state had received the probation officer and correctional officer&#8217;s reports and a victim impact statement from Sithole&#8217;s family. He asked for the matter to be postponed to September 22.<\/p>\n<p>Singh asked the state to give the reports to Phewa as he is representing himself. She advised Phewa to inform his witnesses to be present at court should he need them when the matter comes up for sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Sithole was fatally shot at the Richmond licensing office in 2017 while on his way to attend a council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>At the time he was investigating alleged fraud and corruption involving tenders and kickbacks in the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. A convicted hitman behind the 2017 murder of Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole is expected to be sentenced by the Durban high court on Monday. Sabelo Phewa, 34, was found guilty of killing Sithole in July. Last month, senior prosecutor advocate Nhlanhla Shange told judge Rithy Singh the state had received the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-90172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Richmond municipal manager\u2019s killer set to hear sentence - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A convicted hitman behind the 2017 murder of Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole is expected to be sentenced by ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Richmond municipal manager\u2019s killer set to hear sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A convicted hitman behind the 2017 murder of Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole is expected to be sentenced by ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T16:53:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T18:16:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1758552254.132439.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Richmond municipal manager\u2019s killer set to hear sentence\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-22T16:53:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-22T18:16:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1758552254.132439.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/richmond-municipal-managers-killer-set-to-hear-sentence\",\"name\":\"Richmond municipal manager\u2019s killer set to hear sentence - 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