'To Hell And Back' - Ex-Deathrow Inmate

Monday, January 29, 2018

Tsholofelo Maselwa with his mother and uncles

In most cases when murder convicts sentenced to death reach the Court of Appeal (CoA), the most they can get is a lengthy prison sentence. It was however a different story for Zoroga man, Tsholofelo Maselwa, as he got off scot-free a fortnight ago.

Maselwa was convicted of murdering 70-year-old Chifana Mbali in Zwenshambe in 2009. Ever since, he was in and out of jail with his last incarceration commencing in 2014.

Justice Terrence Rannowane convicted him last year but he was set free by a panel of three CoA judges in Lord Arthur Hamilton, Jacobus Brand and Abednigo Tafa.

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