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Man jailed for 20 years for raping 95-year-old woman

A 28-year-old man from Sesalong village has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for raping a 95-year-old woman. Limpopo National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mashudu Malabi said the Polokwane High

September 2, 2026

Crime·South Africa

Mapisa-Nqakula’s bid to walk free from corruption trial heads for judgment

Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will know next week whether she has a case to answer after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria reserved judgment on her bid to be discharged

August 31, 2026

Politics

Mpumalanga man jailed 20 years for strangling livestock farmer over goat

A Mpumalanga man who strangled a livestock farmer to death during a physical confrontation over a goat has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Mpumalanga High Court, sitting in

August 20, 2026

Crime·South Africa

Man jailed for 40 years after stabbing wife 18 times and hiding her body

A 44-year-old Mpumalanga man has been sentenced to an effective 40 years’ direct imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife, whom he stabbed 18 times before attempting to conceal her body.

August 6, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Officer concedes he broke National Instruction and Criminal Procedure act during arrest.

The police captain, who led the arrest of accused No. 1, Musa Kekana, conceded in the Johannesburg High Court that he had failed to comply with both a national police instruction governing

August 3, 2026

Crime·News

Matlala Case: Senior cop handcuffed ‘innocent’ man and admits he never heard of the rules.

A police captain, Phimi Alfred Sekgobela told the Johannesburg High Court that he handcuffed a man at the arrest scene who was not a suspect, and was unable to identify the legal

July 31, 2026

Crime·News

ANALYSIS | The real battle in the Matlala Trial is not guilt. It’s the evidence.

Eight days into the trial, the trial-within-a-trial has already produced some of the case’s sharpest clashes. A search without warrant, a disputed set of keys, and an arresting officer who told the

July 29, 2026

Crime·News

EXPOSED AND CORNERED: Defence tears into Police Captain’s paper trail in ‘Cat’ Matlala murder trial.

Johannesburg – The police captain who led the arrest of accused No. 1, Musa Kekana in the trial of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala came under sustained cross-examination in the Johannesburg High Court on

July 28, 2026

Crime·News

Matlala trial: Bid to excuse accused No 5 from proceedings refused

Johannesburg -An application to excuse the fifth accused, Nthabiseng Zandile Nzama in the trial of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala from having to attend proceedings that do not concern her was refused by the

July 27, 2026

Crime·News

Criminal Procedure Act

Man jailed for 20 years for raping 95-year-old woman

Mapisa-Nqakula’s bid to walk free from corruption trial heads for judgment

Mpumalanga man jailed 20 years for strangling livestock farmer over goat

Man jailed for 40 years after stabbing wife 18 times and hiding her body

Officer concedes he broke National Instruction and Criminal Procedure act during arrest.

Matlala Case: Senior cop handcuffed ‘innocent’ man and admits he never heard of the rules.

ANALYSIS | The real battle in the Matlala Trial is not guilt. It’s the evidence.

EXPOSED AND CORNERED: Defence tears into Police Captain’s paper trail in ‘Cat’ Matlala murder trial.

Matlala trial: Bid to excuse accused No 5 from proceedings refused

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