Police initially arrested 14 men for the crimes, however, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped the charges against them after DNA evidence taken from the victims did not match that of the accused.
The Information Regulator found that police violated the Protection of Personal Information Act when it distributed the names, identity numbers, and addresses of the victims of the October 2022 gang rape.
The Information Regulator South Africa has found that the South African Police Service violated the Protection of the Personal Information Act (POPIA) in gang rape of eight women in Krugersdorp.
In July, eight women were raped and robbed by a gang of armed men, believed to be zama zamas, while shooting a video at an abandoned mine dump in West Village, Krugersdorp. But five months on, the only arrests made have come to naught.