Two men in the Northern Cape have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for crimes against children.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Northern Cape has welcomed the lengthy prison sentences handed down to two men in separate court cases for horrific sexual crimes committed against young children.
In both matters, the courts heard how the perpetrators weaponised positions of trust to exploit their vulnerable victims.
In Mothibistad, the Regional Court sentenced 66-year-old Moeletsi Kgatlhane to 10 years’ direct imprisonment for the attempted rape of a 7-year-old girl. The incident occurred in January 2024 when the victim and her older brother went to Kgatlhane’s house to buy sweets from his home tuck shop.
Kgatlhane separated the siblings by asking the young girl to wash his dishes, while he sent her brother outside to chase birds away from his fruit trees. He then took the child into his bedroom and attempted to rape her. The traumatised child wept and begged him to stop until he eventually let her go.
