Hefty sentence for serial rapist of young woman and girl in N’wamitwa
Tzaneen Regional Court handed a hefty sentence to serial rapist, Clifford Butana Baloyi.
Baloyi was sentenced to ten years and life imprisonment respectively on Monday, November 13. “The court heard that in June 2017 a 19-year-old woman was returning to her home in Lwandlamuni village from N’wamitwa when she met Baloyi.
He threatened her with a knife and took her to a nearby river where he raped her repeatedly,” said Brig Hlulani Mashaba, provincial spokesperson for the police. The court heard that in a separate incident a week later, at about 15:30, a 14-year-old girl was dragged into the bushes and raped by a man while she was walking on the street from N’wamitwa Clinic to her homestead.
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The two cases were transferred to the Tzaneen Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit. The investigating officer, Sgt Klaas Edmond Mulungwa was able to link the cases to Baloyi through information gathered and DNA testing. “Baloyi was arrested in April 2018 and remained in custody until his conviction.
The court ordered that Baloyi’s particulars be endorsed in the National Child Protection Register and National Register for Sexual Offenders. The provincial commissioner of police, Lt Gen Thembi Hadebe said the sentence will serve as a deterrent to would-be rapists. “I am delighted that this sentence comes at the start of 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children campaign,” said Hadebe.
