Ilanga Kalasa (38) appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate's court on Monday, 5 September 2022, after his bail application was adjourned on Friday, 2 September 2022.

The spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Northern Cape, Mojalefa Senokotsoane, explains that the girl (17) went to the surgery, where the accused works as a medical assistant, for a consultation on 15 August 2022, and was subsequently raped during a medical examination.

"During his bail application, the court heard through the affidavit by the defense that the accused was practicing as a medical assistant and not as a doctor. The testimony of the investigating officer provided the court with several reasons why the accused should be denied bail.

“The court heard that the accused was not registered with any medical council, to operate as a medical practitioner, and he did not have legal papers to work in South Africa, as he entered the country on a Visitors Permit, and he is an illegal immigrant,” explains Senokotsoane.

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He further states that the NPA opposed bail given the seriousness of the charges against the accused

“Whilst presenting the bail judgments, the magistrate informed the applicant that there were no circumstantial reasons that warranted him to be granted bail and that it was in the best interest of justice that is not granted bail.”

Senokotsoane adds that the prosecution requested that the matter in which the accused is facing a charge of sexual assault, be joined with the rape case.

He says the application was granted, and the accused will now be charged in both matters jointly, where he allegedly sexually assaulted a 25-year-old patient, during a medical examination on 22 April 2022.

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"The case has been provisionally postponed to 26 September 2022, for possible additional charges against the accused and a decision from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Investigations led by the Police are continuing in both cases against the accused," Senokotsoane concludes.

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