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S v Mgqobozi (Sentence) (CC33/2017) [2025] ZAECMHC 60 (25 June 2025)
High Court sentencing for kidnapping, rape, murders and aggravated robbery. The court imposed life sentences for the murder and rape counts plus ancillary protective orders.
S v Chauke (Sentence) (CC46/2023) [2024] ZAGPPHC 219 (11 March 2024)
The High Court imposed three life terms and 226 years’ imprisonment for murder, gang rape, robbery, kidnapping, firearms offences, escape, and immigration contraventions.
S v Makhanda (CC29/2021) [2022] ZAECMHC 22 (12 August 2022)
Sentencing judgment imposing life imprisonment for three murders committed after an aggravated robbery, plus additional prison terms for robbery and firearm offences.
Kamhuka and Another v S (A243/2019) [2022] ZAGPPHC 326 (13 May 2022)
Appeal dismissed in a robbery with aggravating circumstances case. The court upheld the convictions and 15-year sentences, finding the evidence reliable and the sentence justified.
Hlongwane v S (A65/2020) [2021] ZAGPJHC 752 (30 November 2021)
Sentence appeal dismissed where the court found no basis to interfere with minimum sentences for aggravated robbery, firearm possession and attempted murder.
S v Mothapo (CC44/2019) [2019] ZAGPPHC 506 (1 August 2019)
High Court sentencing judgment for robbery and rape. The court found no substantial and compelling circumstances and imposed minimum sentences plus firearm unfitness.
Simelane v S (A268/2017) [2018] ZAGPJHC 457 (22 February 2018)
The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal in a multiple-rape and robbery case, confirming life imprisonment and 15 years, with the sentences to run concurrently.
Makhanya v S (A85/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 476 (18 September 2017)
The High Court dismissed an appeal against sentence for robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder, holding that the 33-year effective term was not shockingly inappropriate.
Radebe v S (A398/2013) [2014] ZAGPJHC 416 (16 May 2014)
An appeal against sentence for aggravated robbery succeeded, with the High Court reducing an eighteen-year term to the fifteen-year statutory minimum.
Tshabalala v S (A187/2012) [2013] ZAFSHC 94 (20 May 2013)
The appeal court found no misdirection in the trial court's factual findings or evaluation of evidence. The identification by the complainant was clear and supported by fingerprint evidence, which was undisputed and provided a safety valve for accepting single witness testimony. The appellant's alibi was not reasonably possibly true, given the possibility of border irregularities and lack of innocent explanation for his fingerprints at the scene. The conviction for unlawful possession of firearms was supported by evidence that the appellant and his co-perpetrators took firearms from the compl…
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