BLOEMFONTEIN COURT SENTENCES ATTACKER TO 20 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST IN KIMBERLEY
13 February 2026
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST IN KIMBERLEY
Kimberley, Northern Cape - The Kimberley Regional Court has sentenced Ernest Beukus (50), who was 43 at the time of the offence, to life imprisonment for raping a vulnerable 15-year-old girl. He has also been declared unfit to possess a firearm under the Firearms Control Act.
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NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT
12 February 2026
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT
The NDPP, Adv Andy Mothibi, has seen a video that is circulating widely on social media, of an alleged Mkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) member who brazenly attempted to barge into the NPA head office, apparently looking for a senior official of the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU).
CASE AGAINST “CAT” MATLALA AND CO-ACCUSED POSTPONED FOR PRE-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS
BOYFRIEND SENTENCED TO 72 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING PARTNER AND EIGHT-MONTH-OLD BABY
POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
11 FEBRUARY 2026
POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Pretoria, has sentenced Police Sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane (47), attached to Dube Police Station under Visible Policing, to 17 years’ direct imprisonment for the murder of her husband, Russel Hlongwane (40), the father of their three children.
DEFENCE REQUESTS MORE TIME IN SAFA PRESIDENT AND CO-ACCUSED CASE
11 FEBRUARY 2026
DEFENCE REQUESTS MORE TIME IN SAFA PRESIDENT AND CO-ACCUSED CASE
The Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Palm Ridge has postponed the case against South African Football Association (SAFA) President Daniel Jordaan, former SAFA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Gron Hluyo, former journalist and director of Grit Communications Trevor Neethling, his entity Grit Communications, and Russell Paul to 14 April 2026.