ZiMoja updates on the latest crime news in parts of the country.
GAUTENG: A serial rapist has been sentenced to three life terms by the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Court for the rapes of three minor children and one adult woman. It was revealed in court that the convicted rapist Andries Fenyane (43) entered the home where a four-year-old minor was staying with her grandmother. When the grandmother stepped outside to fetch water, he sneaked in through a different entrance, kidnapped the child and raped her and left her her naked not far from her home. In another incident on 15 November 2017, Fenyane approached a house where two 13-year-old girls were sleeping. He lied between them and threatened them with a knife when started screaming and went on to rape them. In the third rape, on 26 December 2017, Fenyanye broke into the home of a 33-year-old woman who was with her four-year-old son. He raped the woman in the presence of her son after demanding that she fry eggs for him, which he took with him in a lunch box after the ordeal.
He was arrested on 23 April 2018 when DNA evidence linked him to the crimes. He pleaded guilty and said he committed the rapes due to having been previously arrested after he was falsely accused of rape. It was also revealed in court that one of the victims was infected with HIV during the rape.
Fenyane was declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name will be entered into the National Register for Sexual Offenders.
GAUTENG: Two suspects were shot and killed yesterday following a shootout with the police at R59 road in Kliprivier, south of Johannesburg. The police said they acted on a tip-off about suspects en route to commit a cross pavement robbery at Sedibeng. The suspects were intercepted and when approached they started firing at the police who retaliated, fatally shooting two of the suspects and one fled the scene on foot. Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Mevhuhulwi said the suspects were intercepted and when approached, they started firing at the police who retaliated, fatally shooting two. "One of the suspects fled the scene on foot while a police officer sustained a gunshot during the shootout. Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle used by the suspects was reported stolen at Alexandra in October 2024," said Nevhuhulwi.
WESTERN CAPE:A couple was arrested yesterday and charged with rape and trafficking of persons. According to the Hawks, a victim was offered an employment contract to work for a couple overseas. However, when she arrived at the couple's house, she was allegedly raped and sexually exploited by her employers. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi said various role players, including other government departments and non- governmental organisations were involved in the investigations and the address of the suspects aged 46 and 38 was subsequently identified in Melkbosstrand were they were arrested. The couples' two young children were removed and placed in the care of social workers and they will be taken for medical examination. The suspects will appear in the Atlantis Magistrate's Court today.
