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Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions

Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions

Date
13 Jun 1986
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions

Solomon Mangopane Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being police informers. The court found that Mr Maowasha was the leader of the youth group who took the two victims to the graveyard to be stoned. He also ordered Mr Jack Rampjapedi who feared for his life to pour the two victims with petrol and set them alight. Mr Justice F H Grosskopf found no justification for their act and they were sentenced to death.

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South African History Online. (2016, May 23). Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121002

South African History Online (2016) 'Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions', South African History Online, 23 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121002 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).

South African History Online, Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121002, (accessed 23 July 2026).

"Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions." South African History Online, 23 May 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121002. Accessed 23 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Two men are sentenced to death for petrol executions." South African History Online. May 23, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121002.

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