30 January 2021 - 12:22 KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Kara said the man led his 8-year-old to a river where he raped her. Image: Allan Swart/123RF A 28-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Verulam regional court this week for raping his minor niece. The 8-year-old was visiting her grandmother in Ndwedwe, outside Durban, in December 2019 when she met her uncle who lived in the area. According to KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Kara, the man took the girl to a shop where he bought her chips and a lollipop. “Then he asked her to accompany him to his house. On the way, he led her to a river where he raped her and gave her R2 with the promise of R100 if she did not tell anyone what he had done.