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A child rapist has been jailed for 20 years.Image: 123RF/Artit Oubkaew
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Ten-year ordeal ends as HIV positive Eastern Cape man gets life for raping his stepdaughter

A 53-year- old HIV positive man who repeatedly raped his stepdaughter between 2008 and 2018 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court in Makhanda on Thursday. The ordeal started when the then 11-year-old victim moved in with…

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Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has blamed Covid-19 and outstanding information from the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) for the government’s failure to act against the alleged sterilisation of HIV-positive women in public hospitals.Image: File photo.
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Covid-19 and outstanding info stalled action on ‘forced sterilisation’: Mkhize

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has blamed Covid-19 and outstanding information from the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) for the government’s failure to act against the alleged sterilisation of HIV-positive women in public hospitals.…

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