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Would-be students and jobseekers in Gauteng could be targets for human traffickers.

They committed a series of offences including possession, distribution, downloading, grooming and making available child pornography

In April, the Joburg High Court found Ackerman guilty of more than 700 charges related to running a child sex ring among them rape, human trafficking and possession of child pornography.

The man who is only identified in South Africa as "Mr W" is facing extradition to the UK under similar charges

We do not have sentencing guidelines as other countries do, which stipulate that life sentences are exactly that – without parole.

The effectiveness of severe sentences for a convicted sex trafficker sparks debate. Here's what the experts have to say.

Gerhard Ackerman was on Monday handed 12 life terms and multiple sentences for rape and human trafficking by the Johannesburg High Court.

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Daily news: Convicted child rapist Gerhard Ackerman handed 12 life sentences, Gordhan demands apology from ANCYL's Malatji, and more.

Christopher Bapela raped the two boys more than once between December 2016 and February 2017 when he was just 18-years-old