Two Mthatha men have been sentenced to a combined 33 years in prison for raping a 19-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl in separate cases.
Khanyisa Khayingana (27) has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Cacadu Regional Court for raping a 14-year-old girl at knifepoint.
Two suspects appeared in the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court after a critically ill 7-year-old girl was raped by people close to her.
“Michael Van der Walt (18) sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for the rape of 15-year-old girl at Nxuba home in March 2023.
Nxuba Regional Court sentences 49-year-old Lingelihle man to life imprisonment for raping his then 14-year-old stepdaughter.
An eight-year-old boy was killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a road in Amalinda, East London, on 22 December.