POLITICIANS, civil society and churches are all crying out for the rampant rape and murder of Mzansi’s women to be brought to an end.
But their pleas for human dignity and respect for women have fallen on deaf ears. Yet another woman, a pregnant 22-year-old, has been kidnapped and raped by 11 thugs in broad daylight!
The horrific incident happened in the Joburg CBD on Tuesday afternoon.
The woman was walking home with a male co-worker after a long day’s work when they were confronted by a group of five men between Bree and Polly streets in the city centre.
Some of the men assaulted her co-worker while others dragged her into the shadows of a vacant plot between the two streets. While the men pointed a gun at her, more evil thugs joined them and they took turns in a sickening frenzy to rape the pregnant woman.
The suspects also stole her cellphone as well as cash.
Her co-worker managed to escape. He called police, telling them what had happened just minutes before.
Joburg Central police spokesman Captain Xoli Mbele said police arrived in time to save the woman’s life.
“Swift response by the police led to the arrest of 11 suspects around the area of the scene. Some were caught while fleeing from police,” said Mbele. “Cases of kidnapping and rape have been opened.”
Mbele added that the victim was in a stable condition after she had been taken to hospital.
The suspects appeared in the Joburg Magistrates Court yesterday and they will appear again on 26 May.
