Ekurhuleni serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi handed multiple life terms

JOHANNESBURG - Serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi has been sentenced to 42 life terms for rape, along with 791 years and six months of direct imprisonment for kidnapping, compelling a minor to witness a sexual act, sexual assault, and theft.

The sentencing was handed down at the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Friday.

Phakathi was convicted of 90 counts of rape and multiple other charges, including targeting children as young as nine years old.

Judge Lesego Makolomakwe described Phakathi as a dangerous predator who posed a continuing threat to society and declared that he was beyond rehabilitation.

Makolomakwe ordered that the convicted rapist be added to the National Register for Sex Offenders and the National Child Protection Register.

Phakathi will begin serving his sentence on Friday.