A family is seeking justice after a 20-year-old woman was kidnapped and rape two weeks ago in Khayelitsha.
According to the mother of the victim, the vrou was on her way home from a friend’s house when she was abducted by knifepoint in Inkanini.
The aunt explains that the victim was kidnapped before 9pm on Sunday 30, March and was held captive by a drug addict.
The aunt explains: “On her way back home, she thought this guy wanted to rob her but then he took her and threatened her with a knife. He started raping her inside an outside toilet then he kept changing places looking for empty shacks.
"He would smoke then rape her, smoke then go back to her repeatedly the whole night. We thought she was spending the night at her friend’s place until she got home the next day.
“We managed to find the suspect because when my niece described the suspect another sister of mine who is on drugs said she knows the guy because they used to smoke together. We made means to find him but the police let the perpetrator go.”
The aunt said that the victim now lives in fear as the perpetrator wanted to kill her at Monwabisi Beach after keeping her captive all night and raping her.
She adds: “That guy was carrying a lot of knives because she tried to fight but did not manage. He wanted to kill her but then a family member from her father’s side saw her and asked if she was lost. Then my niece explained and the guy ran away."
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Pojie said the Khayelitsha Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit (FCS) are investigating the rape which was reported on 31 March 2025 at Makhaza SAPS.
He reports: "It is alleged that the victim was on her way home when she was accosted by the suspect on Sunday 30 March, who threatened her with a knife and took her to his shack where he violated her during the night.
"The victim reported her ordeal the next day but was unable to provide or show the location of the crime scene.
"Rumours that the suspect was at the day hospital for treatment forms part of the ongoing investigation. He is yet to be arrested."
SAPS is appealing to anyone with information to please contact Crime Stop on 0860 10111.
CONFIRMATION: Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Pojie
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