Vryheid – A man was jailed for 18 years by the Vryheid Regional Court on Tuesday for raping his 12-year-old sister, KwaZulu-Natal police said.

The 22-year-old man raped his sister last year when she was taking off her school uniform in their home in Hlobane, said Captain Thulani Zwane.

He was arrested after the girl told her parents and they laid a charge.

KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni said the sentence would send a strong message to criminals targeting women and children.

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