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Zuma Ramaphosa
news

Zuma vs Ramaphosa: NPA says certificate used to serve President doesn’t apply to him

Mom guilty of raping daughter
Gauteng

Hefty sentence for Pretoria mom who raped daughter to get boyfriend’s attention

rape
News

Man sentenced for stabbing woman with screwdriver during rape

Zuma Ramaphosa
News

Zuma vs Ramaphosa: NPA says certificate used to serve President doesn’t apply to him

Mom guilty of raping daughter
Gauteng

Hefty sentence for Pretoria mom who raped daughter to get boyfriend’s attention

rape
News

Man sentenced for stabbing woman with screwdriver during rape

Poacher, Rhino, KZN, NPA
KwaZulu-Natal

Poacher gets 28 years after harvesting horns from a black and white rhino

By Nathan Craig30-05-2022 20:46

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

Vusimuzi Dladla, NPA
KwaZulu-Natal

Vusimuzi Dladla gets three life sentences and 25 years for raping and robbing minors

By Nathan Craig27-05-2022 10:01

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

rapist
Gauteng

Serial rapist sentenced to five life terms and 300 years behind bars

By Nthabiseng Madumo27-05-2022 08:43

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

Railway track, Transnet, Petros Vinigran, jail, imprisonment, Pretoria Regional Court, theft of essential infrastructure, illegal immigrant, NPA, National Prosecuting Authority
News

Saboteur behind bars: Zimbabwean who stole railway tracks in SA jailed

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty26-05-2022 10:46

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

Andile Lili, Poo Protestor, ANC, Convict
News

ANC’s faeces flinger Andile Lili guilty of incitement to commit murder

By Nathan Craig25-05-2022 10:53

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

former attorney
Gauteng

Former attorney pleads guilty to theft of more than a million rand

By Nthabiseng Madumo17-05-2022 20:59

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.

Gerrie Nel, Major General Philani Johan Ndlovvu, Senzo Meyiwa, NPA
News

Adv Gerrie Nel says Maj Gen Ndlovu’s death won’t hurt Meyiwa trial

By Nathan Craig16-05-2022 10:58

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

hawks accused tulbagh
News

Bangladeshi men accused of kidnapping, murdering compatriot out on R10k bail

By Storm Simpson13-05-2022 11:37

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.

lawyer, eastern cape, fraud, money laundering, south africa, devil possession, bewitched
Eastern Cape

Lawyer sentenced after claiming devil bewitched her to commit fraud

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty28-04-2022 18:45

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

mass farm murder lismor farm
News

NPA: Three men sentenced to life imprisonment for farm murder

By Storm Simpson26-04-2022 20:19

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.

Taxi trains
News

Taxi industry worker sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for burning train

By Storm Simpson22-04-2022 14:22

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

murder Mpumalanga
News

NPA to oppose bail of man accused of rape and murder of girl, 11

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty05-04-2022 09:08

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

mcdonald's mcflurry
News

Ex-McDonald’s employee gets 10 years imprisonment for spitting in McFlurry

By Storm Simpson30-03-2022 13:16

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

parents accused toddler
South Africa

Parents avoid life imprisonment after drowning infant and dumping body on mountain

By Storm Simpson17-03-2022 19:52

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.

detective muzi mkhize ann ferreira watt
News

Detective handed suspended sentence for accidentally killing state advocate in court

By Storm Simpson03-03-2022 10:52

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.

Swellendam
Western Cape

Swellendam serial killer convicted of six counts of murder

By Storm Simpson01-03-2022 11:25

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

woman assaulting toddler
Gauteng

Father says he raped his stepsons and forced them to violate their sister – pleads guilty to 426 charges

By Storm Simpson16-02-2022 16:53

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

Zandile Mafe
South Africa

State: Mafe allegedly set Parliament alight because of ‘political, ideological and philosophical beliefs’

By Storm Simpson30-01-2022 17:42

‘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.

police officer jailed murder
North West

NPA: Sangoma handed 10 years imprisonment for raping pregnant woman

By Storm Simpson28-01-2022 21:20

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
Western Cape

Parolee Petoors sentenced to double life for rape and murder of boy, 8

By Storm Simpson27-01-2022 18:28

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

Zandile Mafe
South Africa

‘We can’t be held at ransom’: State sneers at Zandile Mafe’s threat of hunger strike

By Storm Simpson11-01-2022 17:36

‘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 TRC
News

Batohi goes on the defensive: Snubs complaints over NPA performance

By Samantha Riddle08-12-2021 19:00

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

fraud
Mpumalanga

Serbian man, 61, sentenced to life imprisonment for Mpumalanga murder

By Storm Simpson02-12-2021 18:27

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

newcastle
News

NPA: Father sentenced to life imprisonment for raping 12-year-old daughter

By Storm Simpson29-10-2021 16:17

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.

Easter Cape new subject school curriculum
News

Stellenbosch primary school teacher accused of raping 14-year-old learner

By Storm Simpson21-10-2021 10:52

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.

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