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.
29 July 2025
TRIO SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR DOUBLE MURDER
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has sentenced Mpilo Clinton Twala (35), Advice Philimon Lubisi (39), and Joshua Mkhonto (42) to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of Isaac Mdaka and Xoli Mathebula in 2020. The trio was convicted on two counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, and assault, relating to events that occurred in Xhimungwe, District of Bushbuckridge.
28 July 2025
TRIO SENTENCED TO LIFE PLUS 71 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR BRUTAL FARM ATTACK
Evander, Mpumalanga – The Evander Regional Court has sentenced Thubelihle Ndwandwe (29), Siyabonga Ndwandwe (29), and Muzikayifane Ndwandwe (43) to life imprisonment plus an additional 71 years each for a violent farm attack that took place in Leslie, Mpumalanga, on 07 September 2022.
25 July 2025
WILLOWMORE WOMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF SECOND BOYFRIEND
Willowmore, Eastern Cape – The Willowmore Regional Court has sentenced Maria Jordaan (38) to life imprisonment for the murder of her boyfriend, Koos Noble (48), in a disturbing case of gender-based violence (GBV). The incident took place in October 2024 at Witkopskuil Farm in the Sarah Baartman District.
24 JULY 2025
DOUBLE LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING SCHOOLGIRLS
The Ixopo Regional Court has sentenced Baphumelele Zulu (24) to two terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two schoolgirls in July 2022 in the Ngwagwane area near Creighton. Zulu was sentenced to a further eight years' imprisonment for escaping from lawful custody.