The NPA are planning to oppose Itumeleng Machabe’s bail after he was accused of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl.

Clement Seothaeng recorded himself and sent the video to his manager. He demanded R150k or the clip would be circulated on social media.

The State was pushing for a life sentence but the court handed both accused 20 years for murder and five for defeating the ends of justice. The sentences will run concurrently.

Muzi Mkhize, 57, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. In his plea statement, he said he fell asleep in court and lost control of a firearm. A shot was accidentally fired at State advocate Ann Watt.

The Swellendam serial killer, Brian Mudyiwayana, murdered five women and a man between 2016 and 2017.

A 41-year-old father abused his children between 2012 and 2021. His daughter was just 7 months old when he began.

‘The motive for the attack flows from his deeply held political, ideological and philosophical beliefs and also intense resentment with the South African government,’ said the State.

A traditional healer was sentenced to 10 years in jail for rape. He told the victim he would help her avoid a miscarriage, said the NPA.

Jacobus Petoors was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday. It was his 11th court appearance and fourth rape conviction.

‘If there is a bail application and he doesn’t get released, does that mean he will go on hunger strike until he dies?’ said the State.

Shamila Batohi insists that rushing NPA prosecutions isn’t the recipe for success. This comes after MPs slammed its ‘lack of progress’.

Jeftic Nebojsa disappeared after Mile Viljkovic was murdered in 2011. He was caught in the deceased’s car seven years later.

The court heard from the victim that she had loved and worshipped her father and he used her as an object of lust and took away her innocence.

A former teacher at Idas Valley Primary School in Stellenbosch resigned after he was accused of raping a 14-year-old pupil. The accused was released on R4000 bail.

The man who was a member of a criminal gang known as SVK in Ipelegeng in the North West pleaded guilty to all four charges of rape.

Majonhi, 42, allegedly killed her husband with a hammer and spade and dumped his body parts into several pit latrines in 2015.

Maintenance worker Mark Labuschagne pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an elderly Alzheimer’s patient and possession of child pornography.

The bail application of KZN farmer Garth Simpson who is accused of murdering 17-year-old Qiniso Dlamini is expected to continue on 14 October.

Mdumiseni Mduduzi Mkhize appeared before the Cradock Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of prosecutor Sivenathi Ralarala. The NPA said the passenger is Mkhize’s car who allegedly shot herself was a police officer.

Kuben Moodley was charged with laundering money for Gupta-owned companies, fraud and theft. He was granted bail until February 2022 on Wednesday.

The mother allegedly received R400 in exchange for each sexual encounter and used the money to buy alcohol and drugs for herself and her boyfriend.

Jotham Simangaliso Vilakazi raped an 11-year-old girl twice in 2018 and 2019 and kept her quiet by threatening to do the same to her younger sister.

The NPA said the unequal power balance in the transactional relationship between older men and younger women could lead to human trafficking.

A 22-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man was sentenced for the possession of 50 explicit images of children on his phone. The youngest of the victims was one years old.

On 9 December 2014, six young men were kidnapped from Wallacedene, Kraaifontein and taken to Redhill, Joostenberg Vlakte, where they were stabbed and stoned to death by a group of vigilantes. The Cape High Court sentenced 14 of the group to more than 1000 years in jail.