Are sex offenders' registers enough to protect the vulnerable?
PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 17 July 2021 When a 45-year-old man was sentenced to life behind bars this week for the rape of a minor, his name was forever inked into two national registers designed to prevent him — and many more like him — from coming into close contact with children. On Monday, Simphiwe Ntengu, of the Joe Slovo informal settlement, in Gqeberha, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl whom he had befriended by giving her sweets while apparently helping her to learn to read... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscri...
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