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Advocate Pheane Lebea talking to the accused Margaret Koaile, Portia MmolaTshegofatso Moremane and Gontse Tlhoele. Photo by Happy Mnguni
Advocate Pheane Lebea talking to the accused Margaret Koaile, Portia MmolaTshegofatso Moremane and Gontse Tlhoele. Photo by Happy Mnguni

TSEGOFATSO Moremane, Margaret Koaile, Portia Mmola, and Gontse Tlhoele will appear at the Johannesburg High Court on Friday, 17 November for their pre-sentencing argument.

In August, the court acquitted the four accused of Zulu's murder and possession of drugs but found them guilty of theft from Zulu's Northwold, Johannesburg home.

Last month, Margaret Koaile and Portia Mmola told the court they stole from the late Prince Lethukuthula and Nkosi Msimang because they were struggling.

They face charges of stealing money, a laptop, a cell phone, a blanket, and cutlery.

Accused Three Margaret (45) said she used to work as a vendor, selling at a certain school, and her kids were getting social grants.

"The money was not enough to support my children, and that made me commit the crime," she said.

The state prosecutor, Advocate Sifiso Khumalo, said Margaret had already been sentenced to six months in prison for a theft that happened 20 years ago.

Khumalo said Margaret showed no remorse when she and the three accused stole from Prince Zulu and Msimang.

"The accused persons took the latter's belongings without permission," he said.

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The fourth accused, Mmola, said she used the stolen items at her shack in Pretoria.

"When the police arrested me, they took the blankets and pots. I agree that I stole them because I needed them at my place," she said.

Mola, however, denied stealing the laptop.

Advocate Khumalo asked the court to postpone the case as he was still awaiting the victim impact report.

However, Judge Moleboheng Mdalana-Mayisela was not pleased with the requested postponement, saying that "justice delayed is justice denied".

She ordered Khumalo to send the victim impact report to the accused defence lawyers before 17 November to avoid further delays in delivering the pre-sentencing argument.

Prince Lethukuthula was found dead in his Joburg home on 6 November 2020.

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