SPANISH NATIONAL FORFEITS HALF A MILLION RANDS 

13 FEBRUARY 2026 

SPANISH NATIONAL FORFEITS HALF A MILLION RANDS 

Cape Town, South Africa; The Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority in the Western Cape has obtained a forfeiture order of R500 000 after the Vredendal Regional Court convicted David Navarro Roman for illegal possession of Armadillo Girdled Lizards and a Speckled Pardloper Tortoise. Navarro’s conviction follows his arrest for possession of fauna without documentation, importing and transportation of wild animals without a permit and money laundering. 

ODENDAALSRUS REGIONAL COURT IMPOSES DOUBLE LIFE SENTENCES ON SERIAL RAPIST 

13 February 2026 

ODENDAALSRUS REGIONAL COURT IMPOSES DOUBLE LIFE SENTENCES ON SERIAL RAPIST 

Odendaalsrus, Free State – The Odendaalsrus Regional Court has sentenced Jabulani Stenly Mahlanyane (42) from Kutloanong to two terms of life imprisonment following his conviction on two counts of rape. 

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST IN KIMBERLEY 

13 February 2026 

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CONVICTED RAPIST IN KIMBERLEY 

Kimberley, Northern Cape - The Kimberley Regional Court has sentenced Ernest Beukus (50), who was 43 at the time of the offence, to life imprisonment for raping a vulnerable 15-year-old girl. He has also been declared unfit to possess a firearm under the Firearms Control Act. 

NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT 

12 February 2026 

NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT 

The NDPP, Adv Andy Mothibi, has seen a video that is circulating widely on social media, of an alleged Mkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) member who brazenly attempted to barge into the NPA head office, apparently looking for a senior official of the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU). 

POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND 

11 FEBRUARY 2026 

POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND 

The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Pretoria, has sentenced Police Sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane (47), attached to Dube Police Station under Visible Policing, to 17 years’ direct imprisonment for the murder of her husband, Russel Hlongwane (40), the father of their three children. 

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