Female police officers allegedly sexually abused by senior officials at Lydenburg
Junior police officials of Lydenburg Police Station raised allegations of sexual harassment and gender-based violence by top officers.
This happened during the recent visit of the former Johannesburg mayor and founder of a new political party ActionSA, Herman Mashaba.
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One of the victims, a junior police officer who was recently kidnapped on her way from Bushbuckridge to Lydenburg, told Mashaba how depressed she felt after it had happened. She alleged that she was sexually abused by a senior officer at the police station. “I have reported this and asked for a transfer three times, but have not received any positive response. I am not well; I am pregnant and this just drains me,” she said. The victim alleged that her kidnapping was linked to her treatment at the station.
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In a radio interview with Ligwalagwala FM, Brig Leonard Hlathi, the provincial spokesperson, said police were investigating the officer’s kidnapping and the allegations levelled against top police officers at the Lydenburg Police Station. Hlathi had not responded to questions at the time of publishing.
