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Convicted rapist Sello Abram Mapunya (left) in the North Gauteng High Court on 27 May 2021. Picture: @NPA_Prosecutes/Twitter

North gauteng high court

Serial rapist Sello Maponya handed 1,088 years in jail

By Veronica Mokhoali

The 33-year-old terrorised communities of Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Olievenhoutbosch and Silverton from 2014 until he was arrested in March 2019.

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    City of Tshwane ordered to rebuild shacks

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    Physician: Pistorius intended to shoot

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    2877 days ago
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    Prof. testifies about Pistorius’s disability

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    2877 days ago
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    2884 days ago
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  • Forensic geologist Roger Dixon testifies at the High Court in Pretoria during the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on 15 April 2014. Picture: Pool.

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  • Oscar Pistorius arrives in court. Picture: Christa Van der Walt/EWN.

    Pistorius lawyer launches counter-attack

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  • Roger Dixon is pointing out the various cricket bat marks on the door during the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on 15 April 2014.

    Expert: Pistorius's bedroom pitch black

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