A 31-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Willowvale Magistrate's Court for the rape of an 11-year-old girl.
Police spoksperson Captain Jackson Manatha said: “... The victim went to the homestead of Mthuthuzeli Maya on June 26 2017 to fetch a netball ball at Nqadu Village, Willowvale.
“He allowed the victim to come inside his house. He then closed the door and raped her. He released the victim the following day.”
Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu, the Butterworth cluster commander, welcomed Maya's life sentence.
Xakavu said he hoped that the sentence would send a strong message that all those who abuse women and children would be dealt with by the law...