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
Police arrested a man who raped 8-year-old girl at Mkhalazenke section in Daveyton. A man caught in video after allegedly molesting an eight year old girl in Daveyton. ALSO READ | Centane man rape and burns a 12-year-old to death along with her family On Wednesday a man was caught raping Read more
Five-year-old girl named Ntombenhle Mzima was raped as she was stabbed to death in Bluegum View, Duduza. According to various sources, a five year old girl was raped and stabbed to death in Duduza. ALSO READ | 13-year-old shot and killed together with her boyfriend The five year old girl’s life Read more
The Bohlokong police have arrested the 50-year-old man from Phase Seven Bohlokong after he allegedly murdered the 11-year-old girl from his neighbourhood. It’s alleged that on 29 December 2024 at 10:20, the suspect summoned the girl to his home and requested her to buy him cigarettes. ALSO READ | Letsepileng Piti Read more
Police in the Eastern Cape have arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly raping an initiate. The man is set to appear at the Centane magistrate’s court on Monday. ALSO READ | Police officer denied bail after being arrested for rape According to police spokesperson warrant-officer Majola Nkohli, the alleged assault happened Read more
The police officer accused of raping a detainee in a holding cell will spend the next two months behind bars after his bail application was denied. Siyabonga Mbane was arrested after a 26-year-old woman reported the rape case on 29 November. ALSO READ | Centane man rape and burns a 12-year-old Read more
The regional court heard how Ayanda Lembede preyed on two schoolgirls aged eight and nine between 2021 and 2022. It’s understood the 37-year-old Lembede threatened to killed the children if they told anyone. KZN NPA spokesperson Natasha Kara says one of the girls eventually confided in her mother. The other Read more