Gauteng govt official, wife to appear in court for rape
A senior Gauteng local government officer and his wife are expected to appear in the Bushbuckridge Magistrate’s Court on a charge of rape on Monday.
The two are alleged to have raped two minors between the ages of 13 and 15 years.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson Donald Mdhluli says the police received a tip-off from a member of the public.
The two cousins were reportedly lured from Mozambique by their aunt under the false pretence that they were going to receive a better education in South Africa.
“When they arrived in the country, they were allegedly subjected to rape, as well as gross human violations. According to allegations, the girls were literally kept as slaves by their own aunt and uncle in a house at Shatale near Bushbuckridge, which was supposed to be a warm home for them,” says Mdhluli.
“The 49-year-old suspect, who is the uncle to the minors, is employed as a director at a certain municipality in Gauteng. It is alleged that his 36-year-old wife, hereinafter referred to as an aunt to the victims, forced the victims to have sexual intercourse with her husband in exchange for meals.”
Listen to Donald Mdhluli below:
Mdhluli says the girls managed to escape on Friday while the two suspect were away from home.
“They then got a chance to sneak out of the house and reported the matter to the good Samaritan who in turn alerted police.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that the girls were illegally brought into the country without proper documentations hence an additional charge of contravention of the Immigration Act was added.”
The suspects are also facing a charge of human trafficking as well as conspiracy to commit crime.
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