eMbalenhle SAPS investigating a rape case

eMbalenhle police are yet to make an arrest after a rape case was opened by a 15-year-old girl.
It is alleged that the perpetrator tried to rape the girl twice before in Ext 15. The exact date of the incident could not be remembered by the victim but she said that the suspect asked her and her friend to go with him to the shops. When they returned, he asked them to help him drop off his groceries at his home. That was when he tried to rape her. According to the information available, the victim was at the suspect’s home for a visit when he started to undress her and allegedly rape her but was disturbed by another person who wishes to remain anonymous. A rape case was opened and the case was referred to the Family Violence and Child Protection Unit for further investigations. – Sandile Mkhwanazi