A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the rape of an 18-year old girl at the City of Cape Town's temporary camp for homeless people in Strandfontein.
Cape Town - Police have confirmed that a 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the rape of an 18-year old girl at the City of Cape Town's temporary camp for homeless people in Strandfontein.
Colonel Andrè Traut confirmed the arrest and said that the suspect will appear at he Mitchells Plain Magitrate's Court on Tuesday. Many homeless people at the site have accused the City of forcefully moving them there and keeping them in conditions which some have described as akin to a concentration camp.have been called on to take a stand against the Strandfontein temporary shelter provided to the homeless by the City of Cape Town in response to the Covid-19 lockdown.
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