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. 

CASE AGAINST KT MOLEFE AND OTHERS TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGH COURT 

03 December 2025

CASE AGAINST KT MOLEFE AND OTHERS TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGH COURT 

The Alexandra Magistrates’ Court has postponed the matter against Katiso Molefe (61) to 05 February 2026. Authorisation has been granted to centralise the Vereeniging docket, and due to the seriousness of the offences, the case has been transferred to the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg, for its first appearance. 

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