Pretoria – The SA Police Service (SAPS) is observing 16 Days of activism of no violence against women and children by highlighting the work of its men and women in blue who protect women, children, and vulnerable groups while putting those who abuse them behind bars.
Today, SAPS introduces readers to Warrant Officer 42-year-old Busisiwe Ncula, who is attached to the Eastern Cape’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Investigations (FCS) unit.
To date, WO Ncula has successfully secured 33 life-term sentences and an additional 2 087 years imprisonment for 15 rapists.
She led investigations and the arrest of Khululekile Justin Ngqeza who raped 10 women in two years.
Ngqeza pretended, on Facebook, that he was a scout on the lookout for new Models.
He would lure his victims to “photoshoots” and then rape them.
Ngqeza’s arrest was led by Ncula in 2020.
The man dubbed the Facebook rapist was targeting girls and women between 15 and 21 years of age from Mthatha and Queenstown.
Ngqeza was sentenced in May this year.
WO Ncula ensured the rapist was kept in custody from the day of his arrest to the time he was sentenced.
WO Ncula is urging rape survivors or victims of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to speak out and immediately open cases when such incidents happen.
“The more rape survivors or victims of GBVF report these cases, the more police will make arrests and ensure we remove such perpetrators from society,” said WO Ncula.
“Victims should come forward report to the police and trust the police that they would professionally handle their cases.”
WO Ncula has also secured the conviction of a Gqeberha serial rapist in October 2023.
Thabiso Klaas was sentenced to three life sentences plus 60 years imprisonment for raping women around Gqerberha.
(Facts sourced by Lt Col Vincent Mukhathi)
