Gang-raped teen found with another man
THE missing 17-year-old Soweto girl who was filmed being gang-raped was yesterday found with a 37-year-old man who claimed to be her boyfriend.
NOT THE FIRST TIME: The girl was allegedly first raped when she was 12 years old
MEC says this was the third time that the girl had gone missing - She wants the mother to be charged with negligence
The mentally disabled girl had been missing from her Braamfischerville home for over three weeks. It has now emerged that she had been kidnapped and gang-raped by seven men aged between 14 and 20 years. The seven were arrested on Tuesday in Dobsonville. They are expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court today.
Yesterday, police arrested the 37-year-old man for rape and kidnapping of the teenager. He was arrested in Doornkop, where the girl was allegedly kept as a sex slave.
The man was expected to appear in court tomorrow.
A source close to the case said the man informed police officers that the girl was his girlfriend and that she came to visit him on Tuesday.
Gauteng MEC for community safety and security Faith Mazibuko visited the girl's family yesterday.
Mazibuko said this was the third time that the girl had gone missing, though the mother did not report the case. She said she wanted the mother to be charged with negligence.
Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana condemned the rape.
"This despicable crime does not belong to our free and democratic society. We must all spare a thought for this young girl who has been violated in such a cruel and inhuman way," Xingwane said.
Childline director Lynne Cawood said: "I hope the police take her for proper medical examination and look at possibilities of ARVs to prevent sexually transmitted diseases."
This was not the first time the girl was raped. She was allegedly first raped when she was 12 years old.
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JajasQueen
A lot of SA men have very unhealthy relationships with their penises.Do they have no shame?Report Abuse
Memme
Some women don't deserve to have children, What is the mother saying on all these things, Your child has been missing and you are not reporting it to the police, A mentally ill child on top of that??The mother has to be arrested as well, Maybe she had a deal with this 37 year old man to sleep with her daughter while he is paying her.
This is sick !!!!
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nofavours
This story is really complicated.........does someone care to explain....Girl Gang raped by 7 boys....then went to the 37 years man for comfort and he kept her as a sex slave.....or was she kept at the man 's place when the 7 gang members raped her?.......Media is not making sense on this one.Report Abuse
Papage
Suffer the poor children and Ministers and Pastors are doing nothing at all. As for Men, as long as there is a hole, they will just put it in, shame on you, at 37 you still have a brain of a 5 year old.Report Abuse
MommaC
Morning all :)Mazibuko is talking bull (yet again). The police have subsequently admitted that they refused to take the mother's statement when the girl went missing again. Mazibuko should be looking at her own damn incompetence instead of giving pathetic soundbites for the media
Worst of all is that, despite DNA and medical evidence, when this poor child was raped last time, they refused to prosecute because she was not a 'reliable witness' due to her mental retardation. This poor girl has been abused by the entire system as well as those sick males of our society.
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JahNeh
Good day all.I'm disgusted by these "men" (I'm using the term loosely)!
@MommaC, of course the mom is negligent; this is the third time the girl had gone missing, what kind of a parent allows that to happen. She has failed this her daughter!
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Afrojoy
@ JajasQueenA lot of SA men have very unhealthy relationships with their penis*es.Do they have no shame?
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And a lot of SA women have unhealthy relationships with their pu#*ses as well. It's a South African thing. Give it a day or two, it'll fizzle away.
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nofavours
All this is not making Sense......I understand the mental capacity of the Girl is not stable and there are stupid males who took advantage of her.....the 37 year old man...did he know her mental status?Report Abuse
MommaC
JahNehShe was taken from the street in front of her house. Unless the mother imprisons her, what can she do? There are no shelters in the area for people with mental disabilities and the mother cannot chain her up like an animal.
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Afrojoy
Somebody at Sowetan needs to grow up. Every word in the dictionery is now deemed vulgar...just close down the forum if you dont want peopke to post. Nxa!!Report Abuse
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