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.
