Prosecuting Authority on Sentencing of Diepsloot Murderer

Today, The North Gauteng High court sentenced Mr Ntokozo Hadebe to nine (9) life terms of imprisonment for six (6) counts of rape and three (3) counts of murder. He further received 15 years in respect of three(3) counts of kidnapping.

Mr Hadebe was convicted on 28 October 2014 on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of three girls at Diepsloot in 2013. Zandile Mali, Yonelisa Mali and Anelisa Mkhonto were lured into Mr Hadebe’s shack where they were raped and murdered. The bodies of the three deceased were discovered few days after they were reported missing.

NPA congratulates Adv Mokgaeti Makgwatha and Adv Bakedi Maoke for their excellent work in securing this conviction and sentence. In aggravation, the...