BARBERSHOP OWNER SENTENCED TO FOUR LIFE TERMS FOR RAPING YOUNG BOYS
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND ROBBERY IN GALESHEWE
PASTOR SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS FOR RAPING YOUNG CHURCH MEMBERS
03 November 2025
PASTOR SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS FOR RAPING YOUNG CHURCH MEMBERS
Virginia, Free State – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the 55-year sentence imposed by the Virginia Regional Court on self-proclaimed pastor Sabata Mariti for three counts of rape against congregation members. The sentencing was delivered today, 03 November 2025.
PAROLEE SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS AND AN ADDITIONAL 20 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
THREE LIFE TERMS PLUS 47 YEARS FOR MULTIPLE RAPES, KIDNAPPINGS, ROBBERY AND ASSAULT IN GQEBERHA AND LUSIKISIKI
31 October 2025
THREE LIFE TERMS PLUS 47 YEARS FOR MULTIPLE RAPES, KIDNAPPINGS, ROBBERY AND ASSAULT IN GQEBERHA AND LUSIKISIKI
The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division, Gqeberha, has sentenced Malaziwe Enock Joja (44) to an effective life imprisonment for multiple counts of rape, kidnapping, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, housebreaking with intent to steal, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
THIRD PERPETRATOR IN FARM ATTACK ON ELDERLY COUPLE SENTENCED
31 October 2025
THIRD PERPETRATOR IN FARM ATTACK ON ELDERLY COUPLE SENTENCED
The Hankey Regional Court has sentenced Shaun Geswindt (24) to an effective 44 years’ imprisonment for a violent and calculated farm attack that left a 70-year-old farmer severely injured and traumatised. The incident occurred on 6 February 2022 at Connie Muller Farm, Kwagga in Patensie, where the victims—an elderly couple—were brutally attacked inside their farmhouse. The wife, who was wheelchair-bound and unable to walk, has since passed away.
LIFE AND 40 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER AND ROBBERY
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PAROLEE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
31 October 2025
PAROLEE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Waterval, Limpopo – The Waterval Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Bishop (41) from Musina, a parolee, to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old girl. The sentencing was delivered today, 31 October 2025. The court declared him unfit to possess a firearm under Section 103 of the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 and ordered his name entered into the National Register for Sexual Offenders.