Heartbeat of the Bushveld
HOOPDAL — A case of rape was opened at Hoopdal SAPS after a 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped on Friday 19 April at Skierlik informal settlement. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, she was allegedly on her …
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WITPOORT — A case of attempted rape was opened at Witpoort SAPS on Friday 8 March. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, it is alleged that the 18-year-old victim was at her home in Kauletsi Village around …
Read More WITPOORT — A rape case was opened at Witpoort SAPS on Tuesday 5 March after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped on 30 October 2018 at Makaipea Village in Bochum. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, she …
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VILLA NORA — On Friday 22 February Berrent Kapi Modiba (34) was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Lephalale Regional Court on two charges – 15 years imprisonment for rape and five years for housebreaking. According to Warrant Officer …
Read More LEPHALALE — Rape suspect Thomas Matjila (28) was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Lephalale Regional Court on Monday 14 January 2019. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, he went to the 22-year-old victim on 26 November …
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Marapong — Lephalale Police, in partnership with the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offenders (FCS) unit made a breakthrough on Tuesday 4 December when a 37-year-old rape suspect was arrested. He has been linked with four rape incidents that …
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VILLA NORA — The two suspects who were arrested for the rape and kidnapping of a female teacher at a school near Marken, Lesiba Molokomme and an 18-year-old boy, appeared in Phalala Magistrate’s Court on Monday 3 December. The case …
Read More MARKEN — During a joint operation in the Lephalale Cluster on Sunday 25 November, two suspects, Lesiba Molokomme (31) and an 18-year-old boy, were arrested for the rape and kidnapping of a female teacher at a school near Marken. According …
Read More LEPHALALE — A suspect, who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Moong Village, was arrested in the Witpoort policing area on Friday 28 November around 21:00. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, the 16-year-old victim was at …
Read More SHONGOANE — Mr Alebele Alphius Lutolo (31) was sentenced with life imprisonment in Lephalale Regional Court for raping a 31-year-old mentally disturbed woman. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale Cluster spokesperson, in August 2013, Lutolo forcefully took the victim …
Read More MARAPONG — The 39-year-old Mr X*, who was arrested in April 2017 after being accused of raping three minors, has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by Lephalale Regional Court. The harrowing details of the case date back to 2015, …
Read More VILLA NORA — Abraham Lelaka (53) was sentenced to life imprisonment in Lephalale’s Regional Court on Tuesday 30 October for raping a ten-year-old girl. The rape case was opened at Villa Nora SAPS on 8 April 2017. According to Warrant …
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SHONGOANE — Motswere Jan Makgae (20) was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Lephalale Regional Court on a charge of rape on Friday 6 April. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena from Lephalale Cluster, Makgae was arrested after an incident …
Read More SHONGOANE — Ramaphala Malesela Jones (63) from Shongoane has been sentenced to two life sentences on Tuesday 13 February in Lephalale Magistrate’s Court. The heavy sentence is the result of a series of rapes that were committed during 2009 and …
Read More Four reports were locally made of women who were raped during the weekend of 16 and 17 September. On Saturday 16 September around 16:30, a woman was taken into the bushes opposite Lephalale Mall where she was raped by an …
Read More VAALWATER — ‘n Vrou in haar laat vyftigerjare is Vrydagoggend 18 Augustus in die vroeë oggendure omstreeks 03:00 in haar huis in Seringstraat in Vaalwater verkrag en beroof van onder andere ‘n selfoon en geld. Dié vrou was derde in …
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