19 May 2025
15-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR RAPE FOLLOWING NIGHT OF DRINKING
Kuruman, Northern Cape – The Kuruman Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Tshwarelo Maibere (28) from Sedibeng, near Kuruman, to 15 years' imprisonment for rape, in terms of Section 51(2) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997.
17 MAY 2025
NPA CONFIRMS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE ANYONE IN MATATIELE CASE
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirms that in November 2024, a case docket was presented to prosecutors in Matatiele Magistrates' Court as well as to the case manager at the Matatiele Thuthuzela Care Centre in the Eastern Cape. The docket contained information with suspicions of sexual assault on a minor girl.
16 May 2025
LIMPOPO FATHER AND FRIEND SENTENCED FOR RAPING AND ABUSING MINOR DAUGHTERS
Polokwane, Limpopo – The Polokwane High Court has sentenced a 39-year-old father to life imprisonment for the rape, sexual exploitation, and assault of his two minor daughters, aged 9 and 11 at the time of the crimes. He also received three and five years for two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
16 MAY 2025
FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO EIGHT LIFE TERMS AND 60 YEARS FOR MURDER AND ARSON
Stilfontein, South Africa- The Stilfontein Regional Court sitting in Klerksdorp has sentenced Mbulelo Suswana (34), Sandile Oliphant (25), Matjaleng Mbipha (27) and Tebogo Moshane (23) to two life imprisonment each for their involvement in the brutal murders of Xolile Nxamakele, aged 28, and Nkululeko Paraffin, aged 25. Additionally, each accused was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment for arson. The four were further declared unfit to possess firearms.