POTCHEFSTROOM – The Klerksdorp Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit launched a search for two unknown suspects who allegedly gang raped a 15-year-old girl at Jouberton on Wednesday, 13 July 2021.

According to information at our disposal, the girl was travelling from her friend’s place in Extension 24 going home at Extension 10. She allegedly boarded a Tambaii taxi of which the driver went to a certain house at Extension 22, where he collected two balaclava wearing males.

It is alleged that the driver took a direction that was unfamiliar to the minor. The latter allegedly questioned the driver about the new direction, but one of the males threatened to stab her with a knife and told her to keep quiet. The minor was ultimately taken to a certain house in Jouberton where the trio took turns to rape her. Subsequent to the incident, the minor was taken to Extension 10 where she was left near a railway line. She managed to go home and was taken to hospital for medical examination. A case of kidnapping, robbery and three counts of rape was opened.  On Thursday, 14 July 2021, the minor took her uncle and the police to the house where the incident occurred and the Tambaii taxi drivers assisted police in identifying the driver of the taxi used during the rape. As a result, a 33-year-old suspect was arrested, charged and appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 15 July 2021.

Source: South African Police Service