After losing her father, her aunt badly treated the girl and told her that she was sending her to Gudwana in Cape Town who was looking for a wife," the prosecutor, senior state advocate Maria Marshall, said during the court ruling.
"The Wynberg Magistrate's Court sentenced the man, his mother and aunt of his victim on charges of a rape and human trafficking to a collective 80 years' imprisonment," Ntabazalila said.
Gudwana was convicted of rape, human trafficking, kidnapping and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
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He was sentenced to 55 years' imprisonment - 25 years for rape, 25 for human trafficking, three for kidnapping and two for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
His mother, Thandiwe Gudwana, was convicted of human trafficking and kidnapping.
