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Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality Councillor suspended for alleged rape in Mokopane

The EFF member is a councilor in Ward 25 in the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality.

POLOKWANE – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo have suspended a 43-year old member who is a councillor at the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality following rape allegations.

According to police spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe, a Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality councilor alleges that between 20:00 on 5 September 2016 and 03:00 on 6 September 2016, she was raped at the Oasis Lodge in Mokopane.

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Ngoepe says the suspect was brought in by his legal representative on Wednesday, 22 August 2018 and he appeared in the Mokopane Magistrate court on the same day.

“He was granted R500 bail and he will next appear in the Mokopane Magistrate court on 5 September 2018,” Ngoepe said.

The suspect is a councilor in Ward 25 in the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality.

Review has made contact with the Secretary of the EFF in Limpopo, Jossey Buthane for comment on the matter. We are awaiting comment.

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Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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