Why Maxala won't hang

Maxala who allegedly murdered his assailant Thuso Mlalazi gangster-style in 2015, had been heading for the gallows since 2021 when the High Court sentenced him to death.

Now Maxala will get 30 years in prison instead because the CoA believes that what he did when he fatally shot the former physics teacher was not a cold-blooded calculated murder. When officially taking Maxala off death row, CoA’s Justice Isaac Lesetedi emphasised that Maxala murdered in the heat of anger and resentment and legitimate grievance against the deceased who called his friends to Borolong and got the appellant beaten up for no discernible good reason and without provocation.