School principal sentenced to life for raping 15-year-old boy

Former high school Principal, Mduduzi Ndlovu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a 15-year-old boy. 

Ndlovu was sentenced on Tuesday, 18 July. A 39-year-old former high school principal was found guilty of raping a 15-year-old schoolboy. Ndlovu knew of his fate during sentencing on Tuesday, 18 July 2023.

FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT 

South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said the court heard how Ndlovu manipulated and violated the 15-year-old boy who trusted and believed in him as his teacher. 

Netshiunda said investigations proved that one afternoon in 2018, the former principal requested the boy to assist him in his office. The principal reportedly became aggressive and raped the victim. 

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“He threatened to harm the boy if he told anyone about the incident. He also gave him money and stationery in exchange for his silence. 

“Ndlovu raped the victim on several occasions, and he would sometimes fetch him from home and drove with him to his place of residence in Bhekuzulu area where he would rape him,” Netshiunda explained. 

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STRANGE BEHAVIOUR NOTICED BY CHURCH MEMBER 

In 2022, a church member reportedly noticed strange behaviour from the boy and questioned him. The teenager broke his silence, and a rape case was duly opened.

Ndlovu made several court appearances before he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for rape, and he was also declared unfit to possess a firearm. His name will also be engraved in the National Register for Sex Offenders.

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