Heartbeat of the Bushveld
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 …
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LEPHALALE — Petrus Moyo (27), die verdagte vir die moord in September 2017 op wyle dr Werner Emslie (55 ten tyde van die voorval) en die ernstige besering van dr Mariëtte Emslie (57) op die plaas Waterval buite Lephalale, het …
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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 …
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 LEPHALALE — In Lephalale Regional Court, Calvyn Mogoro was recently found guilty on illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and Solly Mpanza was found guilty on trespassing. This follows an incident in February 2016 where Mogoro and Mpanza entered …
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 — The suspect of a murder case, Hermaans Moabi (32), appeared in Lephalale Regional Court on Monday 8 October. Moabi allegedly murdered his girlfriend, Cathrine Mokiba (32), on 21 September 2017 and a murder case was opened at Villa …
Read More VILLA NORA — Paulos Maboka Thaba (26) was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in Lephalale Regional Court on Thursday 26 July after he was found guilty for the rape of a 22-year-old woman in Abbotspoort. According to Warrant Officer …
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WITPOORT — 17 suspects were arrested for public violence when four trucks and one bus were burnt to ashes in Ga-Seleka on Thursday 8 May 2018. They appeared before the Phalala Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 31 May on charges of …
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LEPHALALE — Die 57-jarige Antonio Xavier (Tony) Freitas het Maandag 7 Mei in die streekshof in Lephalale skuldig gepleit op 15 aanklagte teen hom. Die aanklagte sluit in: die jag van sewe renosters sonder permitte op die plaas Ringbult in …
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LEPHALALE — Kenny Mthetho (35), a South African citizen and Sam None (34), a Zimbabwean citizen, were each sentenced to 58 years imprisonment in Lephalale Regional Court on Tuesday 20 March. They were sentenced on several charges, including the hunting …
Read More Klaas Khutso Ntsoane (38) and Lucky Mokoena (39) were each sentenced to life imprisonment plus 90 years imprisonment in the Polokwane High Court sitting in Lephalale on Thursday 12 April for murder, carjacking, kidnapping and armed robbery. A third suspect, …
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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 LEPHALALE — Lukas Magwai (29) and Jan Makolota (28) was recently sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Lephalale Regional Court on charges of murder. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena Lephalale Cluster Spokesperson, the murder took place in Marapong …
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TOM BURKE — It appears that the court case of the late Flora Moatshe will not reach a conclusion anytime soon. Nearly a year has passed since Flora’s death, her body still unburied and the accused’s court cases constantly being …
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