BY OBAKENG MAJE
A case against four white rape suspects was postponed by Jan Kempdorp Magistrates Court on Thursday after they appeared for rape.

According to information, four pupils from Landbou Agricultural High School allegedly raped a 18 year-old black pupil at his dorm room as part of racially motivated initiation ritual.

The incident took place a month ago at the school hostel.

Video footage showed four pupils strip a black pupil naked and put his feet and hands on shackles and paint him with white cream before sexually molested him.

The pupils were arrested shortly after the incident and appeared at Jan Kempdorp Magistrates Court for rape.

They were granted R1000 bail each and the case was postponed for Thursday, however the case was postponed until 09 April 2015 to give police more time to investigate the matter.

It is alleged that the perpetrators shoved broom-stick into the victim’s rectum and also used a toothbrush to rape him.

Democratic Alliance MP, Phumzile Van Damme said they will fight tooth and nail in quest to root-out apartheid act within the. Society.

“We will stand together and condemn the barbaric act as this divides the society. We really want to see justice prevails and we believe those who are at the wrong will get punished” Van Damme said.

ANC Youth League in Jan Kempdorp said the initiation act must be banned from the school.

“We marched to the school three. Weeks ago to deliver a memorandum requesting that the initiation process be banned from the school. We always heard racial attack at the school since 2010, now we say enough is enough” Chairperson of ANCYL at Ivakanyang branch, Mothusiemang Moya said.

The case was postponed until 09 April 2015 for further investigations.