Two Bohome murderers sentenced to life in South Africa
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
Two Basotho nationals, Tumelo Tsiu and Lineo Walatsa, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ficksburg High Court for the double murder of musician Moholi “Bohome” Mohapi and Rebone David Sephaka, who were killed in June 2024 near the Maseru Bridge border post. The sentences were handed down on 23 October 2026; South African police in the Free State announced their convictions after their extradition from Lesotho.
Two Basotho nationals, Tumelo Tsiu, 32, and Lineo Walatsa, 30, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ficksburg High Court in South Africa for the double murder of famo musician Moholi “Bohome” Mohapi and Rebone David Sephaka. The judgment was handed down on Thursday 23 October 2026, South African police, the SAPS, announced.
The two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the two murder charges and the two attempted murder charges. They were also given nine-month prison sentences for illegally staying in South Africa, but were acquitted of charges of possessing a firearm without a licence and conspiracy to commit murder.
The events date back to 11 June 2024, near the Maseru Bridge border post. The victims, members of the banned group Terene ea Chakela, had just got out of a taxi from Johannesburg when they were targeted. The suspects were arrested in Lesotho in July 2024 and then extradited to South Africa, according to the SAPS.
