Three accused of slaying initiates appear in court PREMIUM By Lulamile Feni - 07 January 2021
Three men accused of killing three initiates at Jojweni village near Tsomo made their first appearance in the Tsomo magistrate s court on Wednesday.
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Man arrested for allegedly raping 13-year-old Eastern Cape girl News24 wire
Picture: iStock It is alleged that the suspect forcefully took a 13-year-old minor and raped her on 12 December 2020 until the next day.
A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in court on Thursday after allegedly raping a 13-year-old Eastern Cape girl. He was arrested on Wednesday near the PRD Building in Mthatha while on his way to East London, police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said.
“It is alleged that the suspect forcefully took a 13-year-old minor and raped her on 12 December 2020 until the next day,” Tonjeni said. A case was reported at the Mqanduli police station but the man “managed to keep away from police radar”.
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The bodies of three young men were discovered in an initiation school hut in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
The victims, who were initiates, were shot in their upper bodies.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the murders.
Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of three initiates found dead at an initiation school in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
The three victims, aged 19 and 20, were found shot in their upper bodies in a hut at Jojweni Village, Tsomo, on Saturday morning.
They were last seen alive at around 18:00 on New Year s Day.
Leon Sadiki
Three people have been arrested for the Saturday murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape.
The initiates were found fatally wounded with gunshot wounds on their upper bodies inside a hut on Saturday.
Police announced the arrest as a major breakthrough in the investigation by the police task team assembled to investigate the murders.
Three suspects appeared briefly at the Tsomo Magistrate s Court on Wednesday for the murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni said the case was postponed to 14 January for a bail application.