North West Premier Thandi Modise has welcomed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the rape of a 27- year-old Orkney woman and called for no bail when they appear in court for bail application on 9 January.

In reiterating her earlier call for united action against the scourge of rape, Premier Modise called for vigilance against opportunistic crime during new-year eve festivities and  fro women to take the precaution of not leaving their children alone or with strangers.

“Young girls and women could assist reduce rape incidents by carefully considering those that they choose to go out with to welcome the new year and the places they go to for entertainment given that perpetrators target women who are drunk and that not even infants and children of both sexes are safe from sexual violence from people that are known to them and those that are related to them,” highlighted Modise. 

According to police, Joseph Dlomo, 19, and Johannes Moabi, 29, allegedly chased the 27-year-old woman and her friends when they left a local tavern.Captain Pelonomi Makau alleged that the two men grabbed the woman, threatened her with a knife and took turns raping her. They were later arrested.-TDN
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