THE seven men accused of murdering United Democratic Movement secretary-general Sifiso Nkabinde pleaded not guilty to six charges in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday. They face a charge of murder, a charge of attempted murder of Siphiwe Dlamini who was Nkabinde’s bodyguard, the attempted murder of Dlamini’s mother, Lindeni, and the illegal possession of firearms and illegal possession of ammunition and conspiracy to commit murder.The accused are Joel Mbhekiseni Mkhize, Lincoln Dallas Mbikwane, Sandile Gift Dlamini, Joseph Siya Ngcongo, Zeblon Zibuse Ngcobo, Siphiwe Rudolph Ngcobo and Anil Jelal. Nkabinde gunned down in front of a supermarket in Richmond on January 23 last year.