Umlazi Murderer Sentenced to Five Terms of Life Imprisonment

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Umlazi Murderer Sentenced to Five Terms of Life Imprisonment


DURBAN - The Durban High Court has on Friday, 31 October 2025, sentenced 30-year-old Sphamandla “Chillies” Gumede to five terms of life imprisonment plus 40 years in prison after he was found guilty for the murder of five people, attempted murder and robbery which he committed in Umlazi in November 2023.

Just after midnight on 13 November 2023, six people were shot at Uganda informal settlement in Umlazi. Five of them died and one survived with gunshot wounds. 

The Provincial Murder and Robbery Unit detectives attended to the crime scene and took over the investigations. Shrewd investigative work unmasked the identity of the suspect, and with efforts of finding him proving insufficient, dedicated investigators connected the dots and found that the man they were looking for was in Qalakabosha Prison following his arrest on a different case of murder which he had committed in Eshowe. 

The suspect was duly charged for the murder of five people, one count of attempted murder and two counts of robbery.

Police detectives successfully opposed his bail application and he was kept behind bars until the day of his sentencing.

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