23 SEPTEMBER 2025
OUPA RONALD MADONDO INQUEST FINALISED
Oupa Ronald Madondo (Madondo) was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Due to the forced removals from Sophiatown, his family was relocated to Dube, Soweto, in 1958. He was recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) in the early 1970’s. Madondo was arrested on two separate occasions being June of 1978 and September of 1979.
20 SEPTEMBER 2025
MURDERERS GET DOUBLE LIFE SENTENCE
The Ngwelezane Regional Court has sentenced Vumani China Nxumalo (36) and Mduduzi Zulu (34) to two terms of life imprisonment for the two murders they committed in January 2023 and January 2024 in the Empangeni Rail area. Zulu was sentenced to an additional six months' imprisonment for assault.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025
MAN SENTENCED TO 34 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR DISRUPTING ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Limpopo, South Africa – The Musina Regional Court has sentenced Zimbabwean national, Zakhele Hadebe (51), to 34 years’ imprisonment for tampering with essential infrastructure, theft of non-ferrous metal forming part of essential infrastructure, contravention of the Immigration Act, and trespassing.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025
“PASTRY CHEF” KILLER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR MURDER
Johannesburg – The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Johannesburg, has convicted and sentenced Sibusiso Zitha (41) for the murder of his former girlfriend, Thembekile Letlape, affectionately known as The Pastry Chef. The sentence comes Zitha pleaded guilty to the charge and was accordingly found guilty as charged and sentenced to 15 years.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025
JUSTICE CATCHES UP WITH KILLERS
The Dundee Regional Court has sentenced Siphamandla Ndlovu (38), Nkosingiphile Kunene (39), and Nosipho Francisca Kunene (23) to various terms of imprisonment for the murder of Mhlonipheni Elphas Buthelezi (50) in Kunene Farm in Dundee in December 2023. Their co-accused, Bongiwe Mthombeni (36), was convicted of assault.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025
NOTORIOUS RAPIST SENTENCED TO FIVE LIFE TERMS AND 165 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
Polokwane, Limpopo – The Limpopo High Court sitting in Polokwane has sentenced William Ramoadi Minyuku (42) from Mshongo village in Zebediela to five life terms and an additional 165 years’ imprisonment on 23 charges, including rape, housebreaking, kidnapping, and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
18 September 2025
NEIGHBOR SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF A MINOR
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga – The Nelspruit Regional Court has sentenced a 22-year-old Mozambican man residing in Msholozi to life imprisonment for raping a 4-year-old girl. The accused’s name is withheld to protect the victim’s identity. He was convicted of rape and contravening the Immigration Act following an incident on 18 July 2022 in Msholozi, Nelspruit.
18 SEPTEMBER 2025
AFU SECURES R4 MILLION FINAL FORFEITURE ORDER AGAINST COMPANY LINKED TO LIEBENBERG
Pretoria – The High Court in Pretoria has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order in terms of section 48 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), Act 121 of 1998.