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37-year-old man arrested for rape and kidnapping being led away at Dobsonville Police Station after he was found with missing mentally-disabled 17-year-old girl, in Soweto. He claims to be her boyfriend

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The case against seven people, including two minors, accused of gang-raping a mentally ill Soweto teenager was postponed on Thursday in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said the case was postponed to April 25 for further investigation.

“We need to get a psychiatric report into the mental status of the girl, because for now we don’t know for sure whether she is mentally unstable or not,” Mhaga told reporters outside court.

“We also need to determine the condition of release in respect of the minors, because there are minors and there are adults involved — so we have postponed the case to conduct further investigations, because the investigations are at an infant stage.”  

Mhaga said there were preliminary charges based on the NPA prosecutors’ viewing of the video.

“They will be facing several counts of rape, sexual assault, engaging sexual services of a minor for a reward, using a minor to create child pornography, committing a sexual act in the presence of a minor and committing a sexual act in the presence of an adult,” he said.

“They will also be facing charges that relate to the contravention of the films and publication act which is creating, possession [of] and distributing child porn.”  

The seven were arrested in Dobsonville, Soweto on Tuesday, after they were matched to the descriptions of the rapists seen in a video recording of the attack.

The video of the 17-year-old girl being raped went “viral” on the internet on Wednesday, and was one of the main topics trending on social networking site Twitter.

A group of about 30 women from the African National Congress’s Women’s League arrived at the court in a bus dressed in ANC colours.

They were armed with posters reading: “cut their penis — no bail”, “let them rot in jail” and “done with rapists”, and sang struggle songs.

Mhaga briefed the media outside court on what had happened, as the media was barred from court because there are minors involved.

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Apr 19, 2012

maezizsto68

ANCWL just want media attention nothing else a ba tsamaye
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Apr 19, 2012

DJWinner

Yes, cutting their penises will send a message to other rapists as well. People don't care about jail anymore.
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Apr 19, 2012

MissBhakajuju

ANCWL, has dismally failed the woman of this Country, lots of parading & illustration without Action....
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Apr 19, 2012

busilicious

I mean realy, what got into this guys, may their penis together with their shameless soul be haunted by unforseen spirits while they are in prison and may the go to hell for all i care, sis
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Apr 19, 2012

LijahaSisu

A group of about 30 women from the African National Congress’s Women’s League arrived at the court in a bus dressed in ANC colours.

They were armed with posters reading: “cut their penis — no bail”, “let them rot in jail” and “done with rapists”, and sang struggle songs.
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This burial society should take their placards and march against the role model of this perpetrators, Zunum-num.
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Apr 19, 2012

MissBhakajuju

LijahaSisu

This burial society should take their placards and march against the role model of this perpetrators, Zunum-num.
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kwaaakwaaakwaaakwaaakwaaakwaaakwaaakwaaaa. LOL
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Apr 19, 2012

CheeseBoy

This is the only time the useless ANCWL comes out of slumber. Where is the Minister of the useless enity Ministry or Women and Children. I agree with MissBhakajuju these orgarnisations have dismally failed the Women and children of Shouth Africa This story I'm ashamed to say has made international headlines. Thanks you ANC and your useless policy of scrapping the death penalty you have failed this child and many innocent women dismally.
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Apr 19, 2012

MORNACHIESS

Oho Marasta ke copy ya daily sun .....f@ck tat bustard !!!
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Apr 19, 2012

lindsay

minors my foot they commited an adult crime so they should be treated like adults
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Apr 19, 2012

iPhone4

@LijahaSisu
Burial society?????? couldn't have described them any better.................laughing for days
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