A Port Elizabeth taxi driver has been sentenced to two life terms for raping two Nelson Mandela University students in 2016.
Kwanele Nogodama (28) was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday following his conviction on charges of rape, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstance and pointing a firearm.
The incident took place in October 2016 when the two women, aged 18 and 20, boarded his taxi from the university to the Central Business District.
The court heard that Nogodama failed to stop at their destination but instead drove them to a house in Kwazakele where the rapes took place.
Police said at the time that the women were able to get away and raise the alarm.
Nogodama was arrested several days later.
Mount Road Police Cluster Commander, Major-General, Funeka Siganga, has commended the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit for their thorough investigations.
‘We commend our FCS Unit and our justice system for their sterling efforts in bringing these perpetrators to book. The SAPS has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable in society and these responsibilities are taken seriously thorough investigations, effective arrests and prosecutions,” he said.
“Sentences such as this will serve as a deterrent to potential rapists and the SAPS through its FCS units will leave nothing to chance,” added General Siganga.
