Eastern Cape department of education MEC Fundile Gade has condemned a recent incident in which three high school boys allegedly gang-raped a 13-year-old grade 8 girl in the school’s hostel. The department said the incident is said to have…
A woman whose ex-husband was found guilty of repeatedly raping her daughter — his stepchild — over five years pleaded for him not to be jailed because she needed his financial support. The man was sentenced in the Roodepoort magistrate’s…
An elderly Mthatha man was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison for raping his daughter more than 40 years ago. Nyamekile Alfred Bhenge, 80, raped his daughter between 1978 and 1984. NPA regional spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said the…
A pensioner who raped a young girl in 2017 was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment by the Butterworth regional court this week. Sithembiso Ngwanya,70, was convicted and sentenced in the Butterworth regional court this week. National…
In December 2010‚ a woman was assaulted‚ dragged into bushes‚ tied up‚ blindfolded and raped‚ apparently by more than one man‚ for more than 15 hours. Now she has taken her case to the highest court in the land‚ arguing that police failed…
The Pretoria magistrate’s court has sentenced a couple to two life terms and 22 years’ imprisonment each for various sexual offences‚ abuse of their own two children and drug possession. The 39-year-old father and 33-year-old mother from…
A 73-year-old man who raped his granddaughter‚ aged nine‚ while her mother and his wife were at work has been sentenced to two life terms and 20 years’ imprisonment. The man was convicted by the Pretoria North Regional Court of two counts…
A 53-year- old HIV positive man who repeatedly raped his stepdaughter between 2008 and 2018 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court in Makhanda on Thursday. The ordeal started when the then 11-year-old victim moved in with…
An alleged would-be rapist got more than what he bargained for when his victim bit off his tongue while he was allegedly trying to rape her at Tsomo Mission on Saturday night. The 65-year-old woman was sleeping alone at her home when the…
A 27-year-old police constable who allegedly lured a teenager away from home and raped her on Women’s Day was expected to appear in the Standerton magistrate’s court in Mpumalanga on Tuesday. The 18-year-old victim was allegedly lured…
Controversial Umlazi magistrate Kholeka Bodlani‚ who is accused of being soft on child rapists‚ has finally been suspended‚ a year after the Magistrates’ Commission became aware of her “shockingly lenient sentences”. So far‚ at least…
An alleged rapist from Ngqeleni‚ in the Eastern Cape‚ was nabbed by his own victim‚ who then turned him over to the police. In a statement‚ police said the 21-year-old man had attacked a 41-year-old woman on Sunday morning. “It is alleged…
A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his mother in Clocolan in the Free State. The Clocolan high court sentenced the man to a further four months for common assault. On June 3 2018‚ the son arrived at their…
Appeal court imposes life sentence for rapist, up from 22 years The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside a 22-year sentence imposed on a man who raped a nine-year-old girl, and replaced it with life imprisonment. The high court in…
Mlungiseleli Patrick Tyane of New Brighton in Port Elizabeth raped two girls aged five and six and left one for dead after repeatedly stabbing her. Image: EUGENE COETZEE Their ages proved no obstacle to justice as, with the help of their…
