Tag Archives: Life

Maame Yaa Senya, a 70-year-old visually impaired woman in the Sekyere Kumawu District in the Ashanti Region has received a GH¢200 donation from the Crime Check Foundation to assist in her plight. Yaa Senya in an interview with the foundation revealed how she became visually impaired and how that has …

A 27-year-old man from Ga-Tamatis has been found guilty of raping a disabled 14-year-old girl, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Lebowakgomo regional court. The man, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of the victim, was well known to the girl. The National Prosecuting Authority’s …

Surprise Mokoebo, 27, and Thabang Maleka, 26, were sentenced on Friday for the murder of Constable Samuel Hlongwane of the Brits Tactical Response Team. Hlongwane, who was 35, was walking along Letlhabile main road when his friend, driving a BMW, stopped for a chat, said police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda …

A 40-year-old Gauteng father who raped his six-year-old child two years ago was given life imprisonment on Thursday. This is according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which welcomed the sentence handed down by the Springs regional court. “On June 16, 2018, while the mother of the child had left …

A 49-year-old man who raped his wife’s cousin after he was denied sex was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The man, who knew he was HIV-positive, did not use a condom during the sexual assault. The Port Elizabeth regional court sentenced Mongameli Mapuma to life for raping his wife’s …

A man was given a life sentence for stabbing deaf Worcester resident Rozelle Botha to death when she refused to give him food. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Bathandwa Bottoman had followed Botha to the gates of her block of flats and then to her apartment in Worcester last …

Sex workers living with HIV in Uganda have stopped taking their medication because of a lack of food and income as restrictions have left them with no clients. The government has been giving food aid to some of those who are most affected by the restrictions that have been in …