POLOKWANE – The Polokwane Regional Court has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Martin Tebogo Mamabolo from Mankweng, to an effective 40 year jail term for two counts of rape that he committed between 2014 and 2015.
His modus operandi included luring his victims to Unit F in Mankweng by advertising RDP homes.
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According to police spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe, Mamabolo raped a 57-year-old woman after she agreed to meet him in Polokwane.
“Upon their arrival, one of the victims was approached by Mamabolo’s nephew and the duo departed to Mankweng intending to view the RDP house on sale. They arrived at the house and she rested in one of the rooms while waiting for Mamabolo. He then arrived and forcefully raped her,” Ngoepe explained.
The second rape occurred after Mamabolo persuaded a middle aged woman to have a look at the property “for sale”.
“Mamabolo took her to the house and while inspecting it, he dragged her to one of the rooms and raped her.”
Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has warmly welcomed Mamabolo’s incarceration saying that police hope his sentence will serve as a deterrent to all perpetrators.
