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TERRIBLE MOMENT: A distraught Mmalerato with her back to the camera after her interview with Sowetan about her suffering after being raped.

 He opened a car battery and filled a syringe with battery acid and then injected it into my arm

He beat me, kicked me, tied with with wire, then raped me again and again 

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MMALERATO (not her real name) says she will never forget the horrific night she experienced when her neighbour threatened her with a knife, kicked and beat her and then dragged her to his house to further beat, torture and rape her repeatedly for the whole night.

This is the sad story of a 20-year-old woman who lives in Vryburg, in North West. She says rape is the most horrible thing a person can ever experience.

Mmalerato experienced her ordeal on October 31 when she was on her way home from a friend's place.

She met her neighbour on the way.

He threatened her with a knife, beat her about the body, kicked her until she fell to the ground, and then dragged her to his place, where he repeatedly raped her with her hands and neck tied with wire.

"I will never forget that day. He opened a car battery and filled a syringe with battery acid and then injected it into my arm," she said.

"I was scared. He told me not to scream. I felt uncomfortable and asked him to untie me. He raped me again and again and again," Mmalerato said.

This monster did not even use a condom. In the early hours next morning he asked her to wash her body.

At that stage she managed to run away. With the help of a friend, Mmalerato reported the matter to the police.

Thoriso's ordeal is one of many that happens around the world. Victims like her can now visit a one-stop shop in Vryburg to get help.

Deputy Minister of Social Development Bongi Ntuli yesterday opened a state-of-the-art one-stop centre for victims of crime and violence in Vryburg.

Khuseleka One-Stop Centre provides trauma counselling and psycho-social support, healthcare, police services, legal assistance and shelter services for women and child victims of violence.

North West department of social development, women, children and people with disabilities spokesman Vuyisile Ngesi said: "Khuseleka stands as a good example of a partnership between the government, development agencies and civil society organisations.

"It addresses crimes such as domestic violence, rape, human trafficking and sexual harassment.

"It is designed to help victims and vulnerable adults who currently have to visit a number of different agencies when trying to remove themselves from a violent home."

Ngesi said representatives of the police's community safety unit, domestic violence and housing departments, Victim Support and social workers would offer theirservices.

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Dec 2, 2011

eKapa

sad story realy.....why why why..
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Dec 2, 2011

spokowee

Mmalerata nou skirlek ke Thoriso sharp sharp lebitso la sesi oo ke mang?
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Dec 2, 2011

Cowgirl

I cannot imagine the fear that griped her entire existance during that ordeal, some days will be better than others dear, take them as they come!
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Dec 2, 2011

Buhleza

Yho Sowetan, how many unreal names does this woman have? First she was MMALERATO then suddenly she is Thoriso. Were you by any chance trying to reveal the real name at the end?
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Dec 2, 2011

DJNEYODEEPCOMM101

i wonder if they were dating and had a fight but it does not justify what Dlendle did! Eish some men mara. phela nou you can get it anywhere, you can even buy it. How do you get the guts to do such horrible things?
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Dec 2, 2011

polokwanehunk

eish
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Dec 2, 2011

Livelove2love

This is madness, if you have some one you love and you agree to with all things, sex is so wonderful and full of plesure. now his is going to spend his whole life time to jail for such a simple thing. check the story of the drunk lady and the married man, no rape claim but the two were not suppose to do it. why not take that rute, than to rune his life like that, most of all a neighbour. he will never be truste in that community again. he now has a lot to deal with.
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Dec 2, 2011

preshh

this is one of the touching stories. this people who commit rape should be given a serious punishment. maybe cutting off their viana's might be the the solution to decrease rape %.
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Dec 2, 2011

spokowee

oho le bhora hampe sowetan why le blocka di comments ko lesego's article? mxm
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Dec 2, 2011

junejuly

xem sorry gal to hear about your story.It is realy sad. What happened to the guy is he in prison or what Sowetan?
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