... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...gang which terrorised residents in Ritavi for about three years were sentenced to six and ten years imprisonment respectively for violent crimes by the Polokwane High Court on Monday September 10.
The infamous gang members, all from Dan village, who terrorised the residents of Lusaka Village and the surrounding areas were convicted and sentenced for contravening the Rioters Assemblies Act and murder.
Sipho Shabangu (32) was sentenced to an effective 10 years imprisonment for killing Joel Nkgapele (27), who was commonly known as ’Sakhile’ by hacking him to death with an axe next to the local tavern on February 12 last year.
Shabanu’s accomplices, Joseph Regani (22), Thembinkosi Rikhotso (20), Ralph Mushwana (24), Amukelani Ngomane (19), George Nkuna (33), Shaddy Baloyi (26), Nhlamulo Nyathi (19), Ben Malesa (27), Joseph Nukeri (22), Olly Shikati (26), Tiyana Xivutiso (19) and Dennis Baloyi (21) were each sentenced to six years imprisonment.
Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba welcomed the jail terms imposed on members of the ill famed group which will possibly bring a relief to all the affected communities in the area.
Ledwaba hailed the excellent performance by the provincial detectives and the crime intelligence.
"We hope that these jail terms will serve as a deterrent to those who are still perpetrating these type of heinous acts," concluded General Ledwaba.