POLICE are searching for a man who is believed to have raped three women since the beginning of April.
According to a statement released by spokesperson for Empangeni SAPS Captain Mbongeni Mdlalose, the same modus operandi has been reported for all three cases.
The man phones unsuspecting women offering employment. A meeting is set up, during which the man leads the women to a sugarcane field or bushes nearby, where he assaults and rapes them.
According to Capt Mdlalose, the rapist then tells the women he is a Satanist, and if she reports the attack to the police he will kill her by ‘Satanic spirit’.
In April 2014, another serial rapist was brought to justice in Empangeni. Jabulani Dlamini (41) was arrested and charged with nine counts of rape. He posed at a security guard around shops in the CBD, luring his victims to secluded spots by telling them he had caught them shoplifting on CCTV.
Dlamini is due to appear in Mtubatuba High Court on 8 May on multiple rape charges.
Police are warning women not to entertain meetings set up by unofficial employers. If contacted by this man, please contact the police on 035 907 5803/06.
