17 December 2025

LIMPOPO MUSICIAN FACING MULTIPLE OFFENCES DENIED BAIL

Polokwane, Limpopo – The Polokwane Magistrates’ Court has denied bail to a popular Limpopo musician, Lehlogonolo Katlego Chauke (30), known by his stage name “Shebe Maburna”.

Chauke faces multiple charges, including three counts of attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, malicious damage to property, discharge of a firearm, possession of an unlicensed firearm, and possession of unlicensed ammunition.

17 DECEMBER 2025

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING A 14-YEAR-OLD

The Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Mluleki Zicina(59) to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl in 2019. The heinous crimes took place at Dobsonville, where Zicina, who is the step-grandfather to the victim, exploited his relationship with the victim’s grandmother. The incident came to light when the grandmother found the accused on top of the 14-year-old victim, busy raping her.

17 December 2025

PAROLEE HANDED LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND

17 December 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM FOR RAPING GIRLFRIEND

15 December 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND

Mbombela, Mpumalanga – The High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga Division, has sentenced Mikah Shalamuka Willy Sithole (38) to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend, Nicolene Morgan.

15 DECEMBER 2025 

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR FEMICIDE 

The Estcourt Regional Court sentenced a 36-year-old man to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty (Section 112(2)) to the murder of his ex-partner in May 2025 at the Estcourt taxi rank. The accused and the 33-year-old deceased were in a domestic relationship, and they shared three minor children together. However, the deceased left the accused due to abuse in their relationship. 

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY AND DIRECTOR FOR PRIORITY CRIME AND INVESTIGATION 

12 DECEMBER 2025 

AFU GRANTED PRESERVATION ORDER RELATED TO MINING KINGPINS 

12 DECEMBER 2025 

FORMER POLICE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS’ DIRECT IMPRISONMENT FOR CORRUPTION 

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the sentence of five years’ direct imprisonment handed down by the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court to South African Police Service official, Raymond Kabe (43), from Rietondale. Kabe and his co-accused, Matase Andries Rathepye (now deceased), were convicted of corruption involving an amount of R2 000. 

12 DECEMBER 2025 

CONVICTION AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SERIAL RAPIST WHO TARGETED ELDERLY WOMEN 

Kroonstad, Free State – The Kroonstad Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Mofihli Tshabalala for a series of violent rapes and robberies committed between 2012 and 2018 in the Maokeng area. The crimes were committed against elderly women aged 60 to 78 and were characterised by intimidation, the use of a knife, and deliberate targeting of vulnerable victims. 

The court heard evidence relating to four separate incidents: 

12 DECEMBER 2025 

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR A RAPIST UNCLE 

The Durban Regional Court has sentenced a 43-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his niece on diverse occasions in Mayville in 2017. The complainant was 16 years old at the time. The accused is the complainant’s uncle, and they resided in the same homestead together with the complainant’s grandmother and sister. At some point, the grandmother and the sister moved to another area, leaving the complainant under the care of the accused.