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Three male accused incarcerated for multiple offences including rape and robbery committed in Waterberg District
POLOKWANE - Three male accused aged between 27 and 38 were incarcerated for multiple offences that include robbery, rape and assault with grievous bodily harm (GBH) incident committed at Mahwelereng policing area on 26 October 2024 at about 20:00.
Hendrick Ledwaba (27), Elvis Tete Ramaru (34) and Given Lekalakala Makakatla (38) were each found guilty on the following counts that will run concurrently as follows:
Count 1 - Assault GBH: 3 years imprisonment.
Count 2 - Rape: Life imprisonment.
Count 3 - Rape: Life imprisonment.
Count 4 - Robbery: 5 years imprisonment.
Count 5 - Robbery: 5 years imprisonment.
The Court noted that a 66-year-old male victim together with two grand-daughters aged 19 and 24 were traveling from a wedding in Hammanskraal, Gauteng province when they arrived in Mokopane town. The trio went to a filling station to hitchhike and a grey Toyota motor vehicle with three male accused stopped and alleged to be heading to Mapela village.
They left with the accused and drove into the bushes at Masehlaneng village and started to demand money while assaulting the victims with a wheel spanner. Two suspects took the female victims to different spots and raped them while their grandfather was watching and guarded by the third suspect inside the motor vehicle.
Following the ordeal, the duo returned to the car and released an elderly male who was injured and bleeding. He ran away and found his grandchildren being naked at the main road and they were assisted by a motorist who took them to the local police after being robbed of cellphones, money and clothes.
The policed opened a case of assault GHB, rape and robbery and it was later transferred to Mokopane Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offenses (FCS) for further investigations.
The matter was allocated to Sergeant Junior Ledwaba with the assistance of Sergeant Billy Mogale. Following meticulous investigations, the suspects were nabbed after a month on 06 December 2019 while at their residences under Mahwelereng policing precinct.
Furthermore, they were positively linked through stolen cellphones and DNA analysis. The two investigators ensured that the three suspects were never granted bail until their imminent sentencing at Mahwelereng Regional court on Thursday 20 March 2025.
"I appreciate the initiative that was displayed by Sergeant Ledwaba and Mogale for permanently removing the perpetrators from the society. The barbaric acts they committed deserve harsh punishment of this nature," said the Provincial Commissioner of Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe
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