01 AUGUST 2025
LIFE AND 20 YEARS FOR RAPE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
The Dundee Regional Court has sentenced a 44-year-old man to life imprisonment and 20 years imprisonment for the rape and two counts of attempted murder he committed in April 2023. The accused and the complainant were in a love relationship, and they lived together at the complainant’s home.
31 July 2025
NPA WELCOMES FORFEITURE OF DANIEL HUGO SMIT’S VEHICLE TO THE STATE
Cape Town, South Africa, The National Prosecuting Authority welcomes the forfeiture to the State of Daniel Hugo Smit’s vehicle, which he used to pursue Jerobijn Van Wyk, knock him over and kidnap him before brutally murdering him. The order was granted following the Asset Forfeiture Unit’s (AFU) decision to apply for a preservation and a forfeiture order as it believed the vehicle was an instrumentality of the offences he was convicted of and sentenced on 05 November 2024.
30 JULY 2025
SETH NTHAI PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR SOLICITING BRIBE
Johannesburg – Senior Counsel, Seth Nthai, has been convicted and sentenced by the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Johannesburg, after pleading guilty to corruption charges. Nthai admitted to soliciting a R5 million bribe from Italian businessman Mario Marcenaro during a meeting in Sandton on 10 October 2009. The bribe was intended to influence the outcome of the Piero Foresti and others vs the Government of the Republic of South Africa international arbitration case.
30 JULY 2025
MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR RAPE OF MINOR WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Pretoria, Gauteng – The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Thabo Xolani Masoka (32) to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Masoka resided in the same block of flats as the victim and her mother.
29 July 2025
NEIGHBOR SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF A MINOR
Boschfontein, Mpumalanga – The Boschfontein Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Lazarus Manzini (46) to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old girl. The victim was living with her grandmother in Boschfontein at the time of the incident.
29 July 2025
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING A MINOR AT A WEDDING CEREMONY
Polokwane, Limpopo – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Limpopo Polokwane High Court on a 45-year-old man from Dennilton for raping a nine-year-old girl. To protect the victim’s identity, the accused’s name is withheld. The accused pleaded not guilty.