As the country was wrapping the children protection week, a 15 year-old school girl was allegedly raped by three taxi drivers.
According to a police report the girl stated that she had waited for a taxi from school to home on Thursday, May 31. The taxi drove from Highveld Mall to drop some passengers and continued to Ben Fleur. At the circle in Reyno Ridge, the taxi driver swapped with another driver and they drove to Reyno Manor.
The girl is said to have told the drivers that she wants to get off and she was told that she cannot do that. According to the girl she was left only with the three drivers. One of the drivers came to sit near her and took a cloth and put it on her face and she felt unconscious. She did not know what happened after that, only to wake up still dazed and did not know where she was.
She slightly remembers her trouser and panty being removed and that one of the drivers was holding her while the other was raping her. They took turn raping her.
The school girl walked back home and reported the matter to her parents.
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Witbank police are also investigating two cases of rapes as well. In one incident a lady reported that she was at a guest house with friends including her boyfriend. While they were still enjoying themselves one of the friends asked her to borrow her some cash and thereafter she went to sleep in her room.
School children from different local schools demonstrating outside at the Local Taxi Association (Lota) rank. These came after allegations that three taxi drivers have raped a school girl.
While she was asleep, she heard a knock on the door and when she was about to open the door, she realised that she was no longer sleeping with her boyfriend but with one of his friends.
When she asked him about this, she was told that he was given permission by her boyfriend to sleep with her.
A lady from Phola in Ogies reported to the police that she was with her friend and they wanted to come to eMalahleni but the friend could not find the car keys.
Another person offered her a lift to eMalahleni as he was also driving to eMalahleni.
Instead of driving to eMalahleni, the driver made a u-turn and took her to his place in Phola and raped her.
Police are investigating all the rape cases and no one has been arrested.
