27 JUNE 2025

ZIMBABWEAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS FOR ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING

Nxinxi Tshabalala (30) was convicted of hijacking, robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm and ammunition by the Booysens Magistrates' Court. On 25 October 2023, the accused forced the complainant to drive home at gunpoint, holding the complainant's family hostage. The victims reported the incident, prompting an investigation led by Sergeant Billy Letsoalo from the Johannesburg Trio Crimes Unit.

27 JUNE 2025

RAPIST FATHER GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT


The Empangeni Regional Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape (on diverse occasions) of his (then) 12-year-old biological daughter in December 2020 in the Ndabayakhe area.

27 JUNE 2025


LIFE AND 8 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE AND ROBBERY OF ELDERLY WOMAN


The Melmoth Regional Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man to life and eight years imprisonment for the rape and robbery of an 80-year-old woman in March 2023. The man and the woman were related to each other.

26 JUNE 2025

DRUG DEALER GETS DIRECT IMPRISONMENT

The Madadeni Regional Court has sentenced Mduduzi Jerome Kunene (57) to 15 years imprisonment following his conviction for dealing in drugs. Five years of the sentence are suspended for a period of five years on condition that Kunene is not convicted of a similar offence during the period of suspension.

26 June 2025

TWO LIFE TERMS FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN

The Zwelitsha Regional Court has sentenced Thando Malgas (42) to two life imprisonment terms after he was convicted of the rape and murder of Anele Vena (20) who was heavily pregnant at the time of her death in Xesi, (previously Middledrift) near Qonce (previously King Williams Town).

26 JUNE 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS DIRECT IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING HIS GIRLFRIEND

26 June 2025

26 June 2025

FORMER ATTORNEY CONVICTED AFTER SWINDLING CLIENTS OF THEIR ROAD ACCIDENT FUND’S CLAIMS

26 JUNE 2025

WOMAN SENTENCED FOR STRANGLING TO DEATH HER OWN CHILD

Oudtshoorn, South African, The Oudtshoorn Regional Court has sentenced drug addict, Drezene Jonkerman, to an effective 20-year direct imprisonment following her conviction for the murder of her son as she claimed to have seen the boy’s father’s face on him as she washed him.

25 June 2025

SERIAL OFFENDER SENTENCED TO THREE LIFE TERMS PLUS THIRTY YEARS FOR THE RAPE AND MURDDER OF SIBLINGS