MOTHER GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR DAUGHTER’S MURDER

14 NOVEMBER 2025

MOTHER GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR DAUGHTER’S MURDER

The Ntuzuma Regional Court has sentenced a 43-year-old woman to life imprisonment for the murder of her 14-year-old daughter. The incident took place in ‘D’ Section, in KwaMashu, in July 2024.

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT PLUS THREE YEARS FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS MOTHER 

14 November 2025 

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT PLUS THREE YEARS FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS MOTHER 

Taung, North West – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the life sentence imposed by the Taung Regional Court on Thabiso Godfrey Nkwane (37) for the brutal murder of his mother, Maseko Irene Nkwane (55). He was further sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for contravening a Protection Order. The sentences will run concurrently. Judgment was delivered on 13 November 2025. 

NPA’S ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT SECURES PRESERVATION ORDER IN “VW AMAROK” MATTER

14 NOVEMBER 2025

NPA’S ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT SECURES PRESERVATION ORDER IN “VW AMAROK” MATTER

Mafikeng, North West – The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the North West Division has obtained a preservation of property order from the North West High Court in terms of Section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), 121 of 1998. The order, granted on 13 November 2025, relates to a VW Amarok vehicle believed to be the proceeds of unlawful activities. 

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF A PENSIONER

13 November 2025

MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OF A PENSIONER

Kwamhlanga, Mpumalanga – The Kwamhlanga Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Vusi Daniel Sibiya (40) to life imprisonment, plus an additional 24 months’ imprisonment, for the rape of a 77-year-old pensioner in Tweefontein. Sibiya was convicted on charges of housebreaking with intent to rape and rape.

BROTHERS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERING THEIR UNCLE FOR INSURANCE PAYOUT

12 November 2025

BROTHERS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERING THEIR UNCLE FOR INSURANCE PAYOUT

Winburg, Free State – The Winburg Regional Court has sentenced two brothers, Mojalefa (28) and Masopha Maobisa (23), to 30 years of direct imprisonment each for the premeditated murder of their uncle, 54-year-old Pule Isaac Maobisa, in a calculated scheme to fraudulently claim a funeral insurance payout.

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