MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING CHILDREN FROM STOREY BUILDING IN ABA. (PHOTO).
The Thohoyandou High Court, sitting at Waterval, has sentenced 37-year-old Zimbabwean national, Gift Madau, to life imprisonment plus 76 years for multiple counts of rape and compelled sexual assault. The sentence was delivered on Thursday, 04 September 2025, after he was convicted for raping five women aged between 23 and 55 in the Thohoyandou area.
The crimes date back to 2021. On 06 April of that year, Madau attacked four women collecting firewood in Khubvi village. Armed with a panga and wearing a balaclava, he raped them at knifepoint, with one victim being assaulted multiple times.
On 17 May 2021, he targeted two women in Vhufuki village. He raped one victim while forcing the other to watch but abandoned his attempt to rape the second woman after she became severely traumatized.
The victims later reported the incidents. Community members caught Madau and assaulted him before police intervened and rescued him from mob justice. While receiving treatment in hospital, one of the victims recognised him by his clothing. Further investigations, supported by DNA evidence, linked him to the previous attacks.
The court imposed the following sentences:
• Four counts of rape – 10 years each
• One count of rape (victim raped twice) – Life imprisonment
• Twelve counts of compelled sexual assault – 3 years each
All sentences will run concurrently with the life sentence.
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