A 19-year-old woman was sentenced to 20 years' direct imprisonment for raping her nine-year-old neighbour in the Ibisi area, Umzimkhulu Regional Court heard on Oct 5,...
A Durban man was sentenced to life after luring a woman to KwaZulu‑Natal with a fake job, then raping, assaulting and imprisoning her in a brothel....
Two people convicted in a Facebook vehicle and taxi scam were sentenced to suspended prison terms after a SAPS investigation linked them to a syndicate luring...
A 33-year-old man was sentenced to six life terms after DNA linked him to rapes of six women in KwaZulu-Natal between January and December 2022.
A 45-year-old man, Boitumelo Bradly Bogatsu, was sentenced to 15 years after admitting to kidnapping two teenagers and demanding R110m in ransom.
A 57-year-old repeat offender, Donoven Carolus, received a 15-year sentence for the Christmas Day 2024 murder of Elston Bain and attempted murder in Gqeberha.
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to life by the Mtubatuba Regional Court after repeatedly raping his 13-year-old sister, the National Prosecuting Authority said.
A former Blom Vervoer bookkeeper, Michelle Van der Merwe, was sentenced to 10 years for stealing about R4.7m after an internal audit exposed transfers to her...
Grace Mokoka, jailed previously for a nearly R3m fraud, was arrested on a warrant over an alleged R1.35m fraud linked to a land restitution project in...
Durban businessman Thoshan Panday was acquitted on 26 fraud charges linked to R7.3m SARS allegations and convicted on one count for failing to register for VAT.