Limpopo ward councillor arrested for rape of minor
A 58-year old ward councillor from Limpopo has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
The man was arrested in Mokwakwaila outside Tzaneen on Saturday evening.
"The victim was allegedly offered a lift by the suspect on Thursday afternoon,” says Limpopo police spokesperson Motlafelo Mojapelo.
"The suspect then drove into the bushes next to Rampepe village where he allegedly raped the child. He thereafter reportedly took her home, gave her money and a cellphone and told her not to tell anyone.
"The child started crying when questioned by her mother about the cellphone and told her what had happened."
The man is set to appear in the Bolobedu Magistrate's Court on Monday.
"As the country continues to fight the scourge of gender-based violence, it is disturbing that even some leaders in society, who are supposed to support the police in this fight, are also arrested for rape,” says provincial police commissioner Nneke Ledwaba.
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