The appellant was charged in the Paarl Regional Court with one count of indecent assault, five counts of sexual assault, and one count of rape under the Criminal Law Amendment (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Act 32 of 2007, read with the minimum sentencing regime in Act 105 of 1997. He pleaded guilty to all charges in terms of s 112(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 and was convicted. He received wholly suspended sentences on the indecent assault and sexual assault counts, but five years’ direct imprisonment for rape, together with ancillary orders relating to offender registers and firearm possession. The appellant alleged that his guilty plea was induced by an informal plea agreement with the prosecutor, in terms of which the State would not seek a custodial sentence and would support a non-custodial sentence. When the prosecutor argued for imprisonment at sentencing, the appellant contended that this breached the agreement and rendered the trial unfair. He sought review of the proceedings under Uniform Rule 53. The High Court dismissed the review but altered the sentence. The present appeal concerned the dismissal of the review.