04 July 2025
MEN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER AND KIDNAPPING
Mahikeng, North West – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the lengthy sentences handed down to four men by the North West High Court. The accused — Simon Legadimani Mathibe (44), Tebogo Lawrence More (47), Karabile Mphokeng (38), and Thabo Maboa (43), were found guilty on multiple charges, including murder and kidnapping.
04 July 2025
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MAN WHO MURDERED PARTNER IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILD
Nxuba (formerly Cradock) – The Nxuba Regional Court has sentenced John Evan Williams (35) to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his partner, Patricia Williams (29), a farmworker who was fatally assaulted at Lombard Russ Farm near Cradock on 02 June 2024.
03 July 2025
LIFE AND 50 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR VIOLENT CRIMES
Mbombela, Mpumalanga – The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has sentenced Nkosinathi Fazo Khumalo (41) to life imprisonment plus 50 years for a series of violent crimes, including the murder of Amos Mathabathela Mgwenya, a former security guard at Mthayiza Primary School in Bhuga Trust, Nsikazi District. Khumalo was convicted on five charges: murder, housebreaking with intent to commit robbery, and three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances.
03 July 2025
LENGTHY SENTENCES FOR FARM ATTACK
East London – The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division in East London, has sentenced Odwa Dyabana (26), Luthando Ngangelizwe (29), and Siseko Qhayiso (31) for their roles in a violent farm attack that took place on 20 February 2024 at Lorain Farm in Bluewater, near East London.
02 July 2025
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
Waterval, Limpopo – The High Court in Thohoyandou, sitting at the Waterval Magistrate’s Court, has sentenced Musa Walter Chabalala (34) of Tshisaulu village to multiple terms of direct imprisonment, including life imprisonment for rape, 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances, and 5 years for housebreaking with intent to commit an offence.