24 July 2025

NPA SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSES BAIL IN MURDER CASE OF 12-YEAR-OLD MOTHERWELL GIRL

Gqeberha - The prosecution has successfully opposed the bail application of Sonwabo Nqayi (39) in the Motherwell Magistrates' Court on. He made his first appearance on 30 June 2025, charged with premeditated murder, kidnapping, and defeating or obstructing the course of justice, in connection with the tragic death of his 12-year-old sister-in-law, Lithaliyanda Ntini.

23 July 2025

FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS FOR MULTIPLE HOUSEBREAKINGS

23 July 2025

FIVE YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR VEHICLE BREAK-IN IN KIMBERLEY CBD

Kimberley, Northern Cape – The Kimberley Regional Court has sentenced Godfrey Tshesebe (35) to five years of direct imprisonment for theft out of a motor vehicle, following a break-in that occurred in the Kimberley Central Business District (CBD). The court also declared him unfit to possess a firearm.

23 July 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR STABBING HIS PARTNER

23 July 2025

BLOEMFONTEIN WOMAN CONVICTED OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE AFTER DEADLY PITBULL ATTACK

Bloemfontein – The Bloemfontein Regional Court has convicted Keabetswe Moroane (43) of culpable homicide following the tragic death of her neighbour’ s 8-year-old son, who was mauled by her Pitbull on 12 November 2022.

23 July 2025

15 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR KIMBERLEY CBD ROBBERY

Kimberley, Northern Cape – The Kimberley Regional Court has sentenced Farook Graham (34) to 15 years of direct imprisonment for Robbery with Aggravating Circumstances, following a violent attack on a 33-year-old man in the Kimberley CBD. The robbery occurred on 1 December 2024, as the unsuspecting victim was on his way to buy groceries. Without warning, Graham and an accomplice launched a brutal assault.

23 July 2025

NEIGHBOUR SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE

Ermelo, Mpumalanga – The Ermelo Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Sifiso Innocent Kuhlase (37) to life imprisonment for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The crime took place on the night of 19 June 2021 in KwaDela, Davel.

22 JULY 2025

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING WARD COUNCILLOR

The Ntuzuma Regional Court has sentenced Phathesakhe Thuthukani Ngiba (25) to life and 12 years imprisonment for the murder (and firearm-related charges) of a ward councillor in September 2022 in the Kwa Maphumulo area.

22 July 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR DOUBLE MURDER

Tlhabane, North West – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the sentence of 25 years of direct imprisonment handed down by the Tlhabane Regional Court to Philani Daka (31), following his conviction on two counts of murder. Daka was found guilty of the brutal killings of his girlfriend, Lebogang Mokwena (37), and her mother, Msesi Mokwena (73), at Lefaragatlha Village on 14 January 2024.

21 JULY 2025

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPIST UNCLE

The Vryheid Regional Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his six-year-old niece in the KwaJojwana area of Paulpietersburg in August 2023. The complainant lived with her mother and brother in the same homestead with the accused, and the complainant and her brother would often go and watch TV in the accused’s room.