Author: Luvuyo Mjekula

By Luvuyo Mjekula Following recent reports of an alleged serial rapist on the loose in Makhanda, a 34-year-old man appeared in the local magistrate’s court this week facing multiple rape charges dating back to January 2022 and involving eight victims aged between five and 47 years old. Grocott’s Mail reported last week that on Grahamstown Anti-Crime neighbourhood watch’s Facebook posts, it was alleged that a convict, out on parole, had raped seven children between the ages of five and eight years old that previous week and, according to community members, had not been arrested for the recent cases of alleged…

By Luvuyo Mjekula Five prisoners rearrested after escaping from Makhanda’s Correctional Service Centre in October last year appeared briefly in the local magistrate’s court earlier today, Thursday, 09 November, escorted by heavily armed security officers. The Zimbabwean nationals – Simba Masinga, Trymore Chauke, Abraham Moyane, Francis Chitiyo and Nhamo Muyambo, faced escaping charges stemming from their daring prison break in October last year. The five were part of a group of seven men who escaped from the Waainek correctional facility. Masinga, Chauke, Moyane, Muyambo and Chitiyo were awaiting sentencing after being convicted of rhino poaching. They killed 13 rhinos between…