Pongola child rapists get lengthy jail terms

TWO child rapists were given lengthy jail terms in the Pongola region in northern Kwazulu-natal this week, the province’s police said.

In a statement, police spokesperson Thembeka Mbele said the Pongola Regional Court sentenced Ndumiso Ntumba, 29, to life imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl on Christmas day in 2017.

“Children were playing near Ntumba’s homestead when the suspect sent the other children to the tuckshop, took the victim into his room and raped her,” said Mbele.

“The victim screamed for help and the suspect released her and gave her a R1 for her silence. She went home and reported the incident to her mother.”

In a separate matter traditional healer Mkholiswa Nxumalo, 35, was sentenced to 25 years for raping a 14-year-old girl more than six years ago. The victim had gone to the traditional healer as he was not feeling well. | African News Agency (ANA)