Man sentenced to 5 life terms and an additional 25 years for raping school girls

SAfm — Sibusiso Matshaya has been sentenced to five life terms and an additional 25 years for raping raping four school girls and two women in and around Vereeniging in the Vaal. Matshaya who is dubbed the Vereeniging serial rapist appeared in the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge east of Johannesburg. The court also ordered that Matshaya's name be added to the sexual offenders' register. Between 2016 and 2019, Matshaya waited in the open veld where he targeted women and young girls walking alone. He accosted them, threaten them with a firearm or a knife and dragged them into the bush before raping them. Horisani Sithole reports ...