A 41-year-old Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a syndicate of armed robbers who have been terrorizing motorists along the N1 highway between Musina and Makhado towns in Limpopo province has been jailed for life.
Tarusenga Thomas Chunga was condemned to prison after a
Musina Regional Court in the Vhembe District, convicted him on charges of
murder, attempted murder, and armed robbery. He was also sentenced to another
six months for violating a section of the Immigration Act in that country.
Limpopo police spokesperson, Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said
Chunga and his accomplices who are still at large had unleashed a reign of
terror along the N1 between 2015 and 2017.
“He was arrested in 2017 in Mahwelereng area under the
Waterberg District following a lengthy investigation by our detectives.
“Since then, he has been in remand prison and he failed to
secure bail on numerous occasions until his conviction and sentencing on
Wednesday,” said Col Ngoepe.
He said Chunga and his group had been terrorising motorists
and communities along the N1 road between Musina and Louise Trichardt since
2015.
The official said in a related case, two South African,
Robert Ramoeketsi Mokgolobotho (39) and Surprise Solly Ntlwane (41), were
jailed for life by the Morebeng Regional Court in the Capricorn District and
the Burgersfort Regional Court in the Sekhukhune District respectively.
Mokgolobotho was convicted for raping four women aged
between 19 and 20 at gunpoint between 2015 and 2017, around Botlokwa policing
area outside the City of Polokwane.
His modus operandi was to break into the homes of young
women at night who stayed alone, raped, and robbed them of belongings such as
cell phones.
Ntlwane had been arrested for raping an elderly woman (75),
at a village around the Mecklenburg policing area on 16 April 2019. The accused
requested accommodation from the unsuspecting victim and later threatened and
repeatedly raped her. Herald
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