The High Court of South Africa: Eastern Cape Division, sitting in Mthatha, sentenced Xolisa Sojada (34), who used to lure women on Facebook, before raping, robbing and killing them to effective three life imprisonment terms.

Today, the Pietermaritzburg High Court (sitting in Scottburgh), sentenced Sanele Siyabonga Mbuso Sotobe Sibiya (37), to 123 years imprisonment, following his conviction on a string of offences including housebreaking, theft, robbery, attempted rape, rape and attempted murder.

The former Head of KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury, Dumisani Sipho Derrick Shabalala, was convicted of fraud, corruption, money laundering and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) in the Durban High Court yesterday. His conviction relates to his receipt of R1.5 million, from Intaka Investments for the acquisition of ‘Wataka’ water purification plants valued at R44 million.

The High Court of South Africa: The Mpumalanga High Court has today convicted and sentenced Line Mfana Mhlongo (36), from Welverdiend Trust in Bushbuckridge to twenty years direct imprisonment for the murder of Ishmail Nyathi (23). Mhlongo was charged along with his four co-accused, who were acquitted due to insufficient evidence on their part.

Members of the NPA and DPCI from national and regional levels, supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, held a joint workshop from 08 to 10 June in Pretoria. Strategic and operational mechanisms to further strengthen cooperation between the NPA and DPCI were the focus of the discussion.

The Thaba Chweu Local Municipality has been found guilty and fined R10 million for the Contravention of Environmental Laws, by the Lydenburg Magistrates' Court. Since 2011, the community of Mashishing, have been complaining about sewer spillages and contaminated water flows.

The High Court of South Africa: The Middelburg High Court convicted and sentenced Shaggy David Mgidi( 43), from Ga- Phaahla in Siyabuswa, to four life terms and eighty years imprisonment, for four counts of rapes, five counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and one count of housebreaking. All these offences were committed in Siyabuswa, in the District of KwaMhlanga, where the accused would terrorize the community, rape them and rob them of their belongings, like cell phones and clothes.

The Kimberley District Court has denied bail to Aldean Wilkinson (30), who is facing a schedule 5 murder charge. The accused is assumed to have stabbed his 28-year-old pregnant girlfriend.

On 15 May 2022, the Police were called to the home of the victim, and when they arrive, they found the body of the deceased with stab wounds. The accused was arrested on 16 May 2022, after he handed himself to the police. 

Former fugitive from justice and murderer Gerhardus Jansen van Vuuren was convicted by the High Court of South Africa Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg. Jansen van Vuuren was convicted of premeditated murder, for stabbing his girlfriend, Andrea Venter, multiple times, resulting in her death in 2011. Venter's throat was slit by Jansen van Vuuren, next to the exit of the complex she resided in, as she ran towards the guard house to seek help.

The Durban Regional Court sentenced Nomusa Precious Gabuza (37), to three years of correctional supervision and four years imprisonment, wholly suspended for three years, after she pleaded guilty to Contravention of the Local Government Municipal Electoral Act 2000. In her plea, Gabuza mentioned that she was an educator at a school in Durban, which was also used as a voting station during the Local Government Elections in October 2021.