GANG RAPISTS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR 2010 ATTACK
05 December 2025
GANG RAPISTS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR 2010 ATTACK
East London, Eastern Cape — While the country was celebrating the 2010 FIFA World Cup, women in Engcobo Village, Stutterheim, endured a horrific attack in their homes. More than 15 years later, the East London Regional Court has sentenced three of the perpetrators, Sivuyile Mbondela (41), Sisanele Hletyiwe (36) and Thanduxolo Kedama (47) to life imprisonment for gang rape. Their accomplice, Sandile Mbondela, died before the trial commenced.