WANDIPHA ANTONI Community members gathered in protest outside the Alexandria Magistrate’s Court this morning where a 78-year-old man was due to appear in connection with the rape and assault of an 8 year old child. South African Police…
It was an emotional crowd that gathered in the shade of the tree outside Cassel’s Funeral Services in Albany Road, Makhanda, last Friday. A week earlier a teenager had been raped less than 500 metres away. The group of mostly women from…
The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Port Alfred has been praised for meticulous detective work after a man who wrought terror on young women in Nemato was handed two life sentences in the Makhanda High Court…
Two suspects were due to appear in court yesterday (Wednesday October 10) on charges of rape. Police spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said the charges were laid by a 24-year-old woman who alleged that she was raped in 2017. In her…
The ANC’s Sarah Baartman region will investigate what led to the arrest of a councillor last week. The councillor was taken in for questioning on Wednesday August 2 and released the next day. The questioning related to the alleged rape of…
A Port Alfred detective has been praised for exceptional dedication after two life sentences were handed down to rapist for separate incidents in Nemato in 2016. The man was one of a group who gang-raped a woman in Nemato on March 4,…
Police have confirmed a case of rape is being investigated after a woman security guard was raped at the site of the new reverse osmosis (RO) plant in Centenary Park on Monday night. TotT received a tip-off about the rape, and that a…
The Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offence Unit are seeking the assistance of the Community in tracing a suspect, Sonwabile Cecil Madaka It is alleged that on August 23, 2020, the suspect entered a government building in Port…
A pensioner who raped a young girl in 2017 was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment by the Butterworth regional court this week. Sithembiso Ngwanya,70, was convicted and sentenced in the Butterworth regional court this week. National…
Bishops Diocesan College is investigating an alleged rape at the school after a video of the incident was published on social media. In a statement on Friday, the prestigious Cape Town independent boys’ school said it was aware of the…
When teenage twins turned to a pastor at a local church for help with a personal matter in 2018 he took advantage of the situation and raped them instead. Justice has now finally been served with the pastor, 50-year-old Freddie Jafta,…
A 36-year-old man who raped multiple women and filmed their private parts in an attempt to blackmail and silence them was slapped with three life terms and an additional 134 years behind bars. Percy Matimba Chauke of Kagiso, west of…
An alleged would-be rapist got more than what he bargained for when his victim bit off his tongue while he was allegedly trying to rape her at Tsomo Mission on Saturday night. The 65-year-old woman was sleeping alone at her home when the…
The ANC on Monday confirmed that a former Mpumalanga MEC had been arrested after allegations of rape. In a statement, acting provincial secretary of the ANC Lindiwe Ntshalintshali said the man was arrested at his home and would appear in…
A 17 year-old boy from Komani Park who was accused of 10 counts of rape and two counts of compelled rape was sentenced to five years’ compulsory residence at a youth centre and an additional five years’ imprisonment last week. The Rep…
