The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division, Mthatha, sentenced Xolani Gcelu (34) to nine life imprisonment terms and additional 158 years for his four-year reign of raping, kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder of young women between the ages of 17 and 26 years at the neighbouring villages of Sidwadweni and Zandukwana near the district of Tsolo. The court sentenced Gcelu to life for each of the nine counts of rape, and sentences ranging between two years and 15 years for multiple charges of hou

26 APRIL 2024

Man sentenced to life after stabbing girlfriend 19 times in front of her minor child

The Clanwilliam Regional Court has sentenced Esethu Cawe (26) to life imprisonment and declared him unfit to possess a firearm after he stabbed his girlfriend, Relebohile Ncephe 19 times using two knives which broke while butchering her in front of her minor child.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered its judgment on 24 April 2024, upholding the appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Eastern Cape which dealt with section 3 (offence of rape) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 32 of 2007 (the Act).

MAN SENTENCED FOR RAPING MINOR

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR RAPING MINOR DAUGHTER

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER SENTENCED FOR THEFT WORTH R16 MILLION