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Teen convicted of raping toddler

A 15-year-old black boy was convicted of the brutal rape of a 3-year-old girl and sentenced to 10 years behind bars in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

The violent rape of the toddler played out in the Thokoza informal settlement near Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands in May.

The girl’s mother watched helplessly through the keyhole of a door while she was locked outside as her child was raped.

Police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said the woman had heard the scream of her daughter rising from her neighbour’s house.

“She went to check and found that the door was closed and the child was crying inside, she knocked at the door but nobody opened.

“Then she decided to peep through the hole on the door and she saw the accused raping the child. She called her grandmother and the door was opened. The victim was found lying on the floor bleeding,” Zwane said.

A case of rape was reported at Howick Police Station and the case docket was transferred to the Howick Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.

The girl had been seriously injured and was taken to hospital for medical attention.

Source: News24

Worst serial child rapist may have been caught by accident

rape8The SAPS is investigating at least 100 counts of rape against a Tembisa man. The figure would make the man the country’s worst serial rapist if he is found guilty.

A source familiar with the investigation – who cannot be named as he isn’t authorised to speak to the media – said the 40-year-old was accused of having raped more than 50 schoolgirls between the ages of 6 and 12.

Some of the counts against him include kidnapping and assault.

The accused had been in custody since his arrest on July 11 last year.

His arrest came shortly after he was released from custody on a matter not related to rape.

It is understood police are still investigating more cases, which are said to have linked the man to incidents in other parts of Gauteng.

The accused, who cannot be named before he pleads to the charges, was expected to appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning.

The Star understood on Wednesday that the matter would be postponed to next month for further investigations.

Gauteng provincial police spokeswoman Captain Doniah Mothutsane confirmed that the accused was facing rape charges but could not state the exact number.

“(Sometimes, he would) claim that his child lived at a particular house, asking the children for directions or to enter those houses to call the child – (only for the child) to find out that it was just a formulated story that would make him lead the children elsewhere, mostly into the veld,” the source said.

The Tembisa man faces more charges than Mongezi Samuel Jingxela, South Africa’s worst serial rapist.

Jingxela was found guilty and imprisoned in 2010 of having committed 66 rapes within 10 years.

He lured his women victims under the pretext that he would employ them at a factory.

Last year, Sifiso Makhubo, also from Ekurhuleni, was found dead in a Johannesburg Prison cell, hours before he was due to stand trial.

Makhubo was accused of raping 33 girls and two women.

Prosecutors were planning to charge the HIV-positive man with attempted murder – the first time they would have done so in a case in which someone had committed rape knowing his HIV status.

Source: The Star

Grandfather held for raping 4-year-old

sinA 65-year-old man was arrested in Zola, Soweto, on Sunday in connection with the rape of his 4-year-old granddaughter, Soweto police said.

“The parents saw discharge on the child and asked her what happened, and she told them it was her grandfather,” said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.

Makhubela said the matter was only reported to police on Sunday.

“The incident happened on Thursday but the man was arrested today,” Makhubela said.

The man would appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa