Former Kei Mouth detective in the Eastern Cape, Thembalethu Gqeku, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a minor. Gqeku assaulted the victim in 2022. She was 17 years old at the time of the incident. The violation allegedly took place at the Kei Mouth Police Station. Read more
Pastor has been sent to jail over rape case at a local church. The 42-year-old man, believed to be a pastor at a local church, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the Mahwelereng Regional Court for rape. Thabiso Victor Mongatane was convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment Read more
Hugo Ferreira pleaded guilty to murdering and raping his eight-day-old daughter in 2023. He was sentenced to two life terms in prison terms on Thursday. The court found he was unremorseful, and the murder was premeditated. Hugo Ferreira, the man who raped and murdered his eight-day-old daughter “to give her Read more
Lobby group AfriForum says it is not possible for the principal of Bergview College to have been involved in the rape of seven-year-old Cwecwe that allegedly took place on school premises in October last year. This as the matter drew widespread condemnation over how it was handled. The school’s principal Read more
MODIMOLLE REGIONAL COURT SENTENCES ACCUSED MARKUS NDLOVU (34) TO 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of Markus Ndlovu (34), who was found guilty of rape and murder. The court heard that on Sunday, 28 August 2016, Read more
The Eastern Cape Department of Education deregistered an independent school in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, after a seven-year-old pupil was allegedly raped. The perpetrator allegedly raped the now eight-year-old pupil from Bergview College at the school on 14 October 2024 while she was waiting for her transport. The hashtag #JusticeforCwecwe has Read more
A man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter for more than two years – since she was 11 – appealed his “shocking” sentence as he maintained that what he had done did not amount to the “worst kind of rape”. The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, however, Read more
The Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court this week sentenced a former senior police officer to six years for the 13 counts of sexual harassment he faced. Lieutenant General Vivian Vivani Zuma, 54, was previously a station commander at the SAPS Umzinto, where his victims, two policewomen, opened sexual assault cases against him. Read more
The case against a 47-year-old traditional healer was postponed to Monday, 3 March for a formal bail application as he is arrested for kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl. Chikuse Maseko-Matlala appeared in the Hendrina Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 26 February. He was arrested on Monday, 24 February, after being Read more
Police are on a manhunt for a suspect who raped four students at gunpoint at a Limpopo college. The incident occurred in the late evening of February 22 at Tlharihani TVET College in Bolobedu. According to police, eight women were attacked, with four of them also sexually violated by the Read more