Precious Mthembu is the Senior Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the daily news of the country, with the people in the story rather than only the institution answering for it.
A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Durban Regional Court for raping his seven-year-old niece while he was meant to be looking after her. The case was reported at Chatsworth police station and investigated by the Chatsworth FCS Unit.
Special voting began in the North West with the provincial joint operational structure declaring itself operationally ready for the local government elections, after months of planning and three simulation exercises.
