Serial rapist gets life terms

The Bafokeng Regional Court in Tlhabane has sentenced a serial rapist to two life sentences and an additional 206 years in jail, North West police said.

Captain Aafje Botma said the provincial commissioner, Lieutenant-General Baile Motswenyane, had welcomed the sentence that was handed down to Ayabonga Ndai.

“Ndai was sentenced on Friday for crimes ranging from attempted rape, rape, house robbery, business robbery, armed robbery and burglary, to the pointing of a firearm, committed between August 2010 and July 2013 in Rustenburg and Boitekong.”

Botma added that in one of the incidents, Ndai robbed and raped a 38-year-old woman in Photsaneng village outside Rustenburg in 2012. “The victim was walking alone to work in the early hours when the accused threatened her with a knife. The accused robbed her of her cellphone and cash before he repeatedly raped her.”

The police said Ndai’s crime spree ended when the Rustenburg Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) apprehended him in Mfidikwe village, with the assistance of members of the community.

“He was linked through DNA to 13 different cases. To secure a conviction, 49 witnesses were assembled,” Botma said.

“Part of the accused’s modus operandi was to target houses where men left spouses alone to go to work.

“He would force entry and rape and rob women.” – ANA