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COMMUNITY BUILDERS: Ndumiso Patrick Goliath, left, and Nontuthuzelo Tyombe are members of the recently launched Husband and Wife Journeys of Excellence, which seeks to help people in the Nemato and Thornhill communities Picture: NTOMBI MSUTU
COMMUNITIES

Lending a helping hand to the abused and broken

Seeing how broken some members of the community are in Nemato and Thornhill has led a group of young people who grew in the township to open up a development programme that will focus on families and various issues affecting the…

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At just 13 a mentally disabled girl from the Eastern Cape was taken out of school and “married” to a 61-year-old man.Image: 123RF/Yupa Watchanakit
DISABLES

Mentally disabled teen ‘sold into marriage’ to 61-year-old man

The uncle of a mentally disabled teenager who was sold into marriage at the age of 13 to a 61-year-old man is to stand trial for human trafficking in Port Elizabeth. The uncle and two women allegedly involved in trafficking the child…

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A total of 371 life sentences and 4,629 years of imprisonment were issued by the courts for the 838 cases of crimes against women and children in the last six months of 2018.Image: Andriy Popov/www.123rf.com
CASES

Courts convict 1,357 abusers of women and children over six months in 2018

A total of 1,357 people accused of committing crimes against women and children were convicted between July 1 and December 31 2018, the police said on Wednesday. Col Brenda Muridili said a total of 371 life sentences were meted out by the…

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