The men lost a bid to change the law so that the doctrine of common purpose does not apply to rape cases. The ruling was delivered on Wednesday.
The Commission for Gender Equality has welcomed a ruling by the Constitutional Court dismissing a case of two rapists who went on a rampage, raping women in a suburb of Tembisa in Gauteng 21 years ago.
“It is apparent that the ConCourt has sent out an unequivocal message of the judiciary’s commitment to develop and implement the strongest laws to fight South Africa’s scourge of gender-based violence.” The men were convicted of seven counts of housebreaking with intent to rob, eight counts of rape, four of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, one of common assault, two of malicious damage to property, and one of attempted robbery.This means that the court found that even though they didn’t penetrate the victims, they were guilty of rape because they were part of a group of men who had a common intent to commit the crimes.
Tshabalala and Ntuli later lodged an application for leave to appeal, which the High Court refused. Tshabalala petitioned the SCA for leave to appeal in 2009, but this attempt also failed.
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