22 OCTOBER 2025
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPIST
The KwaDukuza Regional Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of a 12-year-old girl in July 2022 in the Lindelani area. The accused, a Zimbabwean national who is illegally in South Africa, was sentenced to a further six months' imprisonment for contravening the Immigration Act.
22 October 2025
TWO LIFE TERMS PLUS 15 YEARS FOR MAN WHO RAPED AND KILLED AN ELDERLY WOMAN
Mafikeng, North West – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the North West Division welcomes the hefty sentence imposed on Ofentse Petrus Seilane (40) by the North West High Court. The sentencing was delivered on 21 October 2025, following his conviction on charges of murder, rape, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
21 October 2025
THREE LIFE TERMS FOR WELL-KNOWN WELKOM LAWYER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED MINORS
Welkom, Free State – The High Court in Bloemfontein has sentenced Jan Gysbert Maritz (58), a practising lawyer from Dagbreek, Welkom, to three life terms plus 68 years’ imprisonment for 16 counts of serious sexual offences against five minor victims.
17 OCTOBER 2025
POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY OF PREMEDITATED MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
Pretoria – The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Pretoria, has found Police Sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane (45), attached to the Dube Police Station under Visible Policing, guilty of the premeditated murder of her husband, Russel Hlongwane (40), who was also the father of their three children.
17 OCTOBER 2025
CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW HANDED MAXIMUM SENTENCE
Cape Town, South Africa; The High Court of South Africa: Western Cape Division has sentenced a child in conflict with the law to an effective 25-year direct imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of Deveney Nel and an attempt to defeat the course of justice. In this case, 25 years of direct imprisonment is the maximum sentence the accused could receive under the law.