Tag: Soweto

My witchdoctor raped me

Generic witchdoctor/sangoma

A sangoma from Soweto was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly raping a woman who had gone to him for healing, Gauteng police said.

The 50-year-old man invited the woman to his residence to carry out a cleansing ritual on Monday night because she believed she was cursed with bad luck, spokesman Captain Kay Makhubela said.

“She was instructed to buy a white chicken and when she arrived with it… the chicken was killed and the blood was mixed with water and medication.”

The sangoma then ordered the 37-year-old to take a bath in another room and not wear clothes after she was done.

“Then he went into the room and told her she was healed. All of a sudden, he was on top of her and he raped her,” said Makhubela.

The man later threw the bath water out and said she was healed of the bad luck.

A case of rape was opened. – Sapa

Over 290 arrested in Soweto over the weekend

Soweto
Soweto, the black township south of Johannesburg

Over 290 people were arrested in the Soweto area over the weekend for various crimes, Gauteng police said on Sunday.

“Police arrested 298 people in Soweto over the weekend,” Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.

“The people were arrested for various crimes ranging from business robbery, armed robbery, house robbery, murder and sexual offences. From those arrested 190 were arrested for minor crimes.”

One firearm was recovered.

Makhubela said the people were expected to appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court and the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

In a separate incident, police were looking for four people who held up a family in their home in Lenasia.

“The father was stabbed at the back of his head and died. The people fled with all the electric supplies. No arrests have been made and investigations continue.” – Sapa

New South African morals: father sodomises his 10-year old son

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy from the West Rand has been moved to a place of safety after allegedly having been sodomised by his father, reports the black newspaper, The Sowetan.

 The 32-year-old father, a Zimbabwean who lives in Rietvallei near Kagiso, made a brief appearance in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

He was arrested last Thursday after a neighbour alerted police.

Warrant Officer Solomon Sibiya confirmed the child is receiving medical treatment.

“The boy was staying with his father because his mother lives in Tembisa,” Sibiya said. “The neighbour told the police what had allegedly happened to the boy after his own son, who is friends with the victim, told him that his friend was not feeling well.

“He spoke to the boy and realised the seriousness of the situation. He was obviously very concerned and alerted police.”

According to Sibiya the child was scared because his father had allegedly threatened to kill him if he ever told anyone about what had happened to him.

Popular television actor Patrick Shai – who has admitted that he physically abused his wife – described the incident as “disturbing.”

“This comes after the alleged rape of a very old woman in KwaZulu-Natal. The country is facing an enemy far bigger than apartheid. At least then we knew who the enemy was. Now people simply have no morals,” said Shai.

Shai recently spoke out against escalating rape in the country at a prayer service for a Soweto girl who was allegedly gang-raped by seven men.