Screams of joy as serial rapist Sello Abram Maponya (33) gets 1088 years in jail
28 May 2021 2:47 PM
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Convicted serial rapist Sello Abram Maponya (33) has been given a 1088-year jail sentence.
Maponya raped and robbed 56 women from Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Olievenhoutbosch, and Silverton in Pretoria from 2014 until his arrest in March 2019.
He committed his violent crime spree while he was living with his girlfriend, eight-year-old son, and four-year-old daughter.
Judge Papi Mosopa handed down the sentence in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday afternoon.
He had earlier found Maponya guilty of 41 rapes, 40 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, and 40 counts of housebreaking.
Serial rapist Sello Maponya handed 1,088 years in jail The 33-year-old terrorised communities of Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Olievenhoutbosch and Silverton from 2014 until he was arrested in March 2019. Convicted rapist Sello Abram Mapunya (left) in the North Gauteng High Court on 27 May 2021. Picture: @NPA Prosecutes/Twitter
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JOHANNESBURG - Convicted serial rapist Sello Abram Maponya, who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, has been given 1,088 years behind bars.
Judge Papi Mosopa handed down the hefty sentence in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday afternoon. He had earlier found Maponya guilty of 41 rapes, 40 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and 40 counts of housebreaking.
ANC has 24 hours to respond to Ace Magashuleâs suspension claims
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Johannesburg - The cash-strapped ANC has 24 hours to respond to its suspended secretary-general Ace Magashuleâs claims that factional battles within the ANC prompted his suspension and not the criminal charges against him.
Magashule, in his application in the Gauteng High Court to set aside his suspension, said his removal from office was aimed at ensuring that the CR-17 faction which supports President Cyril Ramaphosa re-elects him as party president during its next elective conference in December 2022.
His claims are contained in his 53-page sworn affidavit submitted in the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday asking to set aside his suspension. He also took a swipe at the ANCâs Integrity Commission for allegedly failing to provide reasons for his stepping aside.
A top official in South Africa s ruling African National Congress has taken the party to court to challenge his suspension pending charges of fraud and corruption against him, heightening tensions within the fractured organization once led by Nelson Mandela.
Ace Magashule is the secretary-general of the ANC and a fierce political rival of party leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Magashule s decision to go to court is another indication of the rival factions within the ANC, and is viewed as a direct challenge to Ramaphosa s drive to rid the ANC of the corruption that has damaged its image and that of Africa s most developed economy over the past decade.
S. Africa: Top official in ruling ANC takes party to court
MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press
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1of3FILE- In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo, African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Ace Magashule appears for a bail hearing inside the magistrates court in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where he is charged with corruption. Magashule has taken the ruling party to court it is reported Friday May 14, 2021, to challenge his suspension from the ANC pending the ruling on fraud and corruption charges against him.APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE In this Wednesday, April 28, 2021 file photo South African President, and president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (corruption), in Johannesburg. The party s secretary general Ace Magashule has taken the ruling party to court it is reported Friday May 14, 2021, to challenge his suspension from the ANC pending the rul