Trainee traditional healer sentenced for rape of teen
This occurred on several occasions during August 2019.
Mlungisi Gift Ngubo (41) of Nomakhanzana area in Hibberdene was recently sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for the rape of a 13-year-old boy.
Ngubo was training as a traditional healer at the time and would take the child into the forest when looking for firewood and rape him.
This occurred on several occasions during August 2019.
The young boy reported the rape to a school teacher who did not hesitate to contact the police.
Police spokesperson Captain Petros Mpinge said Ngubo was promptly arrested and detained. He was denied bail and remained in police custody throughout his trial.
He was sentenced in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on May 25, and was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
His name will be included in the National Register for Sex Offenders. The investigating officer in the case was Detective Sergeant Siboniso Gcaba of the Port Shepstone Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.
Ugu District Commissioner, Major General Sethenya Nxamagele was pleased with the sentence and stressed the importance of listening to children, especially when they report incidents of abuse or sexual assault and to pro-actively act on that information.
“As adults we are entrusted with the care of all children, let us do all we can now during Children Protection Week and always.”
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