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KZN child rapists sentenced to life imprisonment, victim left feeling 'dirty and ashamed'


KZN child rapists sentenced to life imprisonment, victim left feeling ‘dirty and ashamed’
By Karen Singh
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DURBAN - Two KwaZulu-Natal men received life sentences for the rape of three minor girls in two separate cases.
The Durban Regional Court sentenced Sanele Robert Mhlongo, 44, on May 26, 2021, to life imprisonment for the rape of a seven-year-old girl while a 26-year-old man from Nseleni was handed a double life sentence by the Empangeni Regional Court for the rape of two minor girls.
In a statement on Thursday, police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said Mhlongo was sentenced after the court heard how he brutally raped a seven-year-old girl on April 3, 2017. ....

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Optimism as rapists get life sentences


First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Between December 2020 and 3 March 2021, 10 South African men were sentenced to life imprisonment for rape.
Those men removed from society include a 37-year-old uncle who raped his 10-year-old niece, a 44-year-old man who raped his 14-year-old stepdaughter, a man who raped a nine-year-old and an 11-year-old after luring them into his home, as well as two serial rapists who kidnapped their victims, held them hostage and raped them.
Although this might seem like a drop in the ocean in a country that lives with a seemingly permanent “second plague” of gender-based violence (GBV), the sentences by courts across the country are a moment for pause and faint optimism. ....

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