The sentence against Nkosinathi Fakathi, who has been imprisoned and convicted since 2022, was read out during a session held on Thursday and attended by major television news stations in South Africa Broadcast live.
Judge Lesego Makolomakwe noted during the hearing that some of his victims were schoolgirls “who were on their way to school, in school uniforms, while others were at home getting ready to go.”
The 40-year-old man’s face was covered with a medical mask during the hearing held at Palm Ridge Court near Johannesburg.
The judge recalled that some of his victims “allowed him to enter their homes after he posed as a gardener, or claimed that he came to repair pipes or even to complete municipal documents.”
Nkosinathi Fakathi remained composed during the long reading of his punishments, hiding his head in his arms and supporting him on crutches. His leg had been amputated after he was shot when he was stopped by police.
In addition to crimes Rape On the 90th, the man was also convicted of forcing four other people to rape, and of forcing a child three times to watch the act sexualAnd 43 kidnappings, two assaults, and four thefts.
It is a rate Crimes South Africa is among the highest in the world, and police data reported that the number of rape cases reached 9,309 between April and June 2024, an increase of 0.6 percent over what it was during the same period last year.
Activists in the field criticize Women’s rights The government does not take sufficient measures to combat violence against Women.
