The Limpopo man convicted of the murder of his four sons by slitting their throats has offered his apology for his deeds.

Lesiba Kekana told the Polokwane High Court that he regretted his actions. Kekana‚ 37‚ was found guilty of four murder counts and one of assault by Judge Joseph Raulinga when he appeared on Tuesday.

This was after he had pleaded guilty to the charges.

“I want to apologise unreservedly for killing my kids‚ though I know that doing so will not bring the children back to life‚” he said.

The court heard that Kekana’s actions stemmed from his anger over suspicions that his wife had an affair outside of the couple’s marriage.

The husband had visited his wife in Mamelodi on September 5 last year when he allegedly discovered two used condoms and one sealed inside a pit toilet.

He allegedly confronted his wife who denied knowledge of the origins of the condoms.

Out of anger‚ he drove back home in Moletlane village in Zebediela‚ where he took out a knife and slit the throats of his children on the morning of September 6.

He then tried to cut his own throat but felt pain and was rescued while trying to hang himself with an electric cable inside his house‚ where the bodies of the slain kids were lying in a pool of blood.

The victims‚ Bokang‚ 13‚ Keneilwe‚ 10‚ Hlologelo‚ 6‚ and Lekgoledi‚ 4‚ died in the brutal hands of their father.

Prosecutor Nozizwe Molepo asked Kekana why he killed his children instead of taking his own life.

“You wanted to take your own life. Why suddenly the children?” asked Molepo.

Kekana responded by saying he thought the kids would suffer in his absence.

The date for his sentencing has not yet been set.

He was also found guilty of attacking his wife‚ Lorraine‚ with an axe on June 21 2015 over a quarrel on conjugal rights.