The police in Sharpeville have opened a rape and kidnapping case docket after a woman from Tshepiso was drugged, kidnapped and raped by three men after getting onto a taxi.

The incident happened on Saturday morning. The victim said that she was on her way to Vereeniging.

“When I stopped the taxi, there were two women at the back and the driver along with another man were seated in the front. On the way, I saw that the taxi was not headed to Vereeniging. I told the driver that I was going to Vereeniging. Instead, one of the women offered me something to drink. I refused it. The other woman took a cloth and put it over my nose. I suspect that they drugged me because after that, I did not see where the taxi headed.”

The woman stated that three men took turns raping her later that day. “I woke up the following day in a small shack placed in the middle of nowhere. The shack was very small and very dark inside. I walked through the bush and eventually saw a tar road after walking for a long time.”
She got a lift from a woman and her partner. She asked them where she was and they responded that she was in Potchefstroom. She requested them to take her to the nearest taxi rank. On her arrival, she asked her husband to come and fetch her.

The woman’s partner said that he was grateful for the woman’s life. Police spokesperson Constable Busisiwe Sango confirmed that a case is opened and under investigation. Sango has since urged members of the community to be vigilant.