Father faces two life terms for pleading guilty to 425 counts of rape and the use of children in pornography.

Gauteng Speaker Mhlakaza-Manamela will face charges of assault and crimen injuria for assaulting a pregnant cop, AfriForum said.

The National Prosecuting Authority in the Northern Cape has no doubt the punishment fits the crime for a recently-convicted rape offender.

The accused and his girlfriend had a lovers’ quarrel over another woman and he assaulted her and strangled her to death.

The mother allegedly gave her 7 years-old girl and a 16-years-old boy poison, after she was scammed of a large amount of money.

Jansen Van Vuuren murdered Andrea Venter in 2011. He was meant to stand trial in 2013 but he managed to flee the country. He will be sentenced on 27 July.

A Potchefstroom man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a woman in December 2020 after pretending to have found her a job.

‘He was also convinced that one will find body parts of Albino people and women in the Pretoria, Limpopo and Gauteng homesteads and businesses of President Ramaphosa, as well as Ministers Bheki Cele and Blade Nzimande,’ said the State in court documents.

The State alleges Zandile Mafe threatened there would be a ‘second great storm approaching South Africa’ if his demands were not met by 8 January.

The family of political prisoner James Booi heard that he died in 1966 but they had no idea where he was buried. The NPA Missing Persons Task Team believes his remains are in a pauper’s grave in Sasolburg.

Serial rapist, Lucky Lehloo was sentenced to two life terms for rape and a cumulative 293 years for other serious offences.

Poacher Michael Kleinbaas Masuku was sentenced to 28 years imprisonment in Empangeni Regional Court on Monday.

41-Year-old Vusimuzi Dladla was found guilty and on Thursday sentenced in the Verulam Regional Court for housebreaking, rapes and robbery.

The serial rapist, Njabulo Ngwenya, broke into his victims’ homes at night, rob and then rape them before fleeing the scene.

Illegal immigrant Petros Vinigran was sentenced to six years behind bars for stealing R132 000 worth of railway track belonging to Transnet.

Andile Lili, who lead the poo protests in 2014, was found guilty of incitement to commit murder after he said criminals should be killed.

The former attorney was convicted of six counts of theft of more than one million rands and was struck off the roll as an attorney.

Advocate Gerrie Nel, who represents the Meyiwa family, says Major General Philani Johan Ndlovu was not even a state witness

The Magistrate said she does not believe the accused are a flight risk as they own properties in the country and are asylum seekers in South Africa.

A 36-year-old lawyer has been sentenced for money laundering and fraud after claiming she was bewitched by the devil to do so.

The NPA welcomed the Limpopo High Court’s decision to put three men behind bars for life after they killed Alwyn Petrus van Zyl on his Waterberg farm in 2020.

‘Only the taxi industry benefits when trains are put out of service,’ said Senior State Advocate Aradhana Heeramun.

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.