MPUMALANGA – Friday 29 May 2020, a 13-year-old girl paid her father a visit at his residential place in Masoyi. Later on that evening he called her to his bedroom whilst she was busy preparing food for them (father and siblings). When she entered the bedroom, she found him as well as her stepmother inside and instructed her (daughter) to take off her clothes but she refused and instead went back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.
The man went outside and called her again, when she stepped outside he forcefully grabbed her, tore off her clothes and forcefully raped her. She relayed the story to her aunt later on Monday, 01 June 2020 and further mentioned to her aunt that her father had raped her before. She further indicated that during December 2019, her father forcefully raped her, begged her not to tell anyone and promised to buy her a cell phone as well as a pair of shoes. The matter was reported to police and a case of rape was opened and is being investigated.
The 37-year-old man (father) was arrested by police and is due to appear at Kabokweni Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 08 June 2020.
