GAUTENG. – Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma (46) has pleaded guilty under a plea and sentence agreement with the national prosecution authority to charges relating to the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, as well as a contravention of the Immigration Act. Tshuma is wanted in the UK in connection with three murder charges involving Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, his wife, and Natyalie and Nala, their two children.
Magaboke Mohlatlole, NPA spokesperson, says Tshuma appeared in two separate cases in the Johannesburg magistrate's court. The first case relates to extradition proceedings instituted after the UK made a request for his extradition. The second case relates to charges arising from his alleged unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
Tshuma pleaded guilty to four charges under the plea agreement. These include the unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm from which the serial number had been removed, the unlawful possession of an unlicensed firearm, the unlawful possession of ammunition and a contravention of the Immigration Act. The court heard the Section 105A plea and sentence proceedings in the firearm case in part before the case was postponed because the state must first obtain the necessary authorisation for the plea and sentence agreement. The extradition proceedings have been postponed for trial until 10 September postponed.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
