Mpumalanga father due in court for raping his 13-year-old daughter A 37-year-old man is due to appear in the Kabokweni Magistrates' Court near White River on Monday on charges of raping his 13-year-old daughter.
On Friday, May 29, a 13-year-old girl visited her father at his home in Masoyi, north of White River, Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said in a statement.
"She further indicated that during December 2019, her father forcefully raped her, begged her not to tell anyone, and promised to buy her a cellphone as well as a pair of shoes. The matter was reported to police and a case of rape was opened and is being investigated." The 37-year-old father was subsequently arrested, Hlathi said.
"Another sad incident involving a child was reported in Vosman area near Witbank. According to the report, on the evening of Monday, 1 June 2020, a 47-year-old woman was woken up by noise of an infant who was crying bitterly," he said. Mpumalanga police commissioner Lt-Gen Mondli Zuma expressed dismay at these disheartening and callous acts. "These heartless suspects continue to prey on vulnerable women and children, regardless of hefty sentences that are being handed down to them by our courts.
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