A 68-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl. The rape occurred in the eBaswazini area of northern KwaZulu-Natal.
A 68-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl who knew him as "grandpa".
He was convicted of raping the six-year-old girl in March 2025 in the eBaswazini area of northern KwaZulu-Natal. Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, the National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson, said the man was known to the child as a neighbour.
“Evidence presented in court revealed that on the day of the incident, the complainant was returning home from school when she encountered the accused on the road. He grabbed her by the hand and instructed her to accompany him to his homestead. When she questioned why, he covered her mouth and forcibly took her to his home, where he raped her,” Ramkisson-Kara said.
After raping the child, the man threatened the child and warned her not to tell anyone about what had happened, before sending her home.
