INQUEST INTO THE ALLEGED DEATH OF MR NICHOLAS MAJESTIC TLHAPI POSTPONED

17 November 2025

INQUEST INTO THE ALLEGED DEATH OF MR NICHOLAS MAJESTIC TLHAPI POSTPONED

Mahikeng, North West – The North West High Court sitting in Mahikeng has postponed the inquest into the alleged death of Mr Nicholas Majestic Tlhapi to 02 March 2026.

ZIMBABWEAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS’ DIRECT IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE

14 NOVEMBER 2025

ZIMBABWEAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS’ DIRECT IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE

Pretoria – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the sentence of 15 years’ direct imprisonment handed down by the Pretoria Magistrates' Court to a 30-year-old Zimbabwean national, following his conviction for the rape of a 23-year-old woman. The court ordered that his name be entered into the National Register for Sexual Offenders and declared him unfit to possess a firearm.

MOTHER GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR DAUGHTER’S MURDER

14 NOVEMBER 2025

MOTHER GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR DAUGHTER’S MURDER

The Ntuzuma Regional Court has sentenced a 43-year-old woman to life imprisonment for the murder of her 14-year-old daughter. The incident took place in ‘D’ Section, in KwaMashu, in July 2024.

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT PLUS THREE YEARS FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS MOTHER 

14 November 2025 

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT PLUS THREE YEARS FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS MOTHER 

Taung, North West – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the life sentence imposed by the Taung Regional Court on Thabiso Godfrey Nkwane (37) for the brutal murder of his mother, Maseko Irene Nkwane (55). He was further sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for contravening a Protection Order. The sentences will run concurrently. Judgment was delivered on 13 November 2025. 

NPA’S ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT SECURES PRESERVATION ORDER IN “VW AMAROK” MATTER

14 NOVEMBER 2025

NPA’S ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT SECURES PRESERVATION ORDER IN “VW AMAROK” MATTER

Mafikeng, North West – The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the North West Division has obtained a preservation of property order from the North West High Court in terms of Section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), 121 of 1998. The order, granted on 13 November 2025, relates to a VW Amarok vehicle believed to be the proceeds of unlawful activities. 

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