Phokeng man who assaulted girlfriend gets five years, and loses his gun rights
Sipho Johannes Masuku, 33, was sentenced in the Tlhabane Magistrates' Court for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm committed in July 2025.
A 33-year-old Phokeng man has been sentenced to five years’ direct imprisonment for assaulting his girlfriend, the South African Police Service said in a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday.
Sipho Johannes Masuku was found guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, the police statement said. The assault was committed in July 2025.
The Tlhabane Magistrates’ Court handed down the sentence on Friday, 23 October, according to the statement. The court also declared Masuku unfit to possess a firearm in terms of Section 103(1) of the Firearms Control Act, 60 of 2000.
The case was opened and assigned to Detective Sergeant Lopang Ramasita of the Phokeng SAPS detectives.
The North West provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Arthur Peter Adams, welcomed the conviction and sentencing, the statement said.
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