Zuko Komisa
The Mtubatuba High Court has sentenced Bhekithemba Fanozi Nxumalo to 12 terms of life imprisonment and an extra 75 years in prison for a series of rapes.
The police said that Nxumalo persisted in his rape spree, focusing on young ladies who were out on their own.
The 42-year-old’s rape spree was put to a halt, according to the police, thanks to the investigative efforts of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences Unit.
Before raping them, he would drag them into the sugarcane fields and shrubs and threaten them with a knife. He would typically rape his victims more than once. The judgment was entered on June 10, 2024.
“Nxumalo’s reign of terror started in July 2012 when he broke into a house in Mdungandlovu Reserve around midnight and found an elderly woman asleep with her two granddaughters.
“Nxumalo demanded money from the granny at knife point and when he could not find any, he raped her 24-year-old granddaughter. The granny and the younger granddaughter were saved by the 24-year-old granddaughter, who managed to send a call back to her brother, who came to their rescue. Nxumalo managed to escape into darkness,”
“His 10-year raping spree was brought to an abrupt end when police cornered and arrested him in April 2021. Nxumalo’s application for an appeal was refused and he was also declared unfit to possess a firearm,”
SAPS in in a statement.
