Seven life terms for Eastern Cape serial rapist

The Gqeberha high court on Monday sentenced a taxi driver to seven life terms for rapes he committed between 2013 and 2019.Anele Skunyana, 35, was already serving a 14-year sentence for a 2019 rape, and was linked through DNA to seven other rape cases committed during that period. These rapes were committed in New Brighton, Zwide, Despatch and KwaMagxaki. Among those he raped was an eight-year-old girl in December 2018.“The accused pleaded guilty and was convicted on all the charges. In total he was sentenced to seven life terms for rape and received five years on each of the six…