Limpopo police in Makhado detained a 44-year-old man, a teacher, following a sexual assault incident at Rabali.
The sexual assault occurred on Saturday, November 16, according to Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, spokeswoman for the Limpopo Provincial Police.
The accused instructor appeared in Makhado Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. His hearing has been postponed until Friday for a formal bail application.
“The grandmother was notified by the cousin that her two grandchildren, aged seven and three, were found in the house with the teacher,” Ledwaba told me.
“The teacher undressed and told the seven-year-old to touch his private parts.” After hearing the news, the grandma reported the event to the police, who launched a sexual assault investigation.”
The case was sent to the Makhado Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit for further investigation.
The teacher was detained on Monday, accused of sexual assault. Police investigations are ongoing.
Last month, IOL reported that the Dzanani regional court in Limpopo’s Vhembe District sentenced 33-year-old Kehuliso Mafune to life in jail for raping a 17-year-old girl when she was walking home from church.
“The court heard that on September 17, 2023, at approximately 1 a.m., the victim and her male acquaintance were going in the same direction from a church conference to their respective homes. Ledwaba stated that an African male approached them from behind and pointed a weapon at them.
The two ran, trying to flee from the armed assailant, but the teenage girl fell in the process.
Mafune got hold of the teenager, dragged her to a street where he raped her. He then fled the scene.
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