Hefty sentences for SA rapists
By Lorna Charles
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DURBAN - HEAVY sentences for rapists was only a small light at the end of a dark tunnel for rape survivors.
Nompilo Gcwensa, a rape survivor and chairperson of Phephisa Survivors Network in Durban, welcomed the recent sentences handed down by courts across the country this week for separate incidents.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority, Sipho Eric Tsoai, 22, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Lebowakgomo Regional Court after he was found guilty of raping his 62-year-old aunt.
The court heard that the woman was attacked, beaten and raped in her yard at one of the villages in Limpopo before she ran to a neighbour for help.