The 38-year-old suspect was arrested by members of the Hawks on Wednesday, following a tip-off. The Hawks provincial spokesperson, Nomthandoza Mnisi, told OFM News that according to information the suspect had allegedly kidnapped a 26-year-old woman from Pietermarizburg in KwaZulu-Natal to the Northern Cape during June 2020. Mnisi said the woman was allegedly locked up at a house, raped and repeatedly assaulted by the perpetrator.

In April 2020, OFM News reported that a 33-year-old foreign national was also arrested for a similar offence. He was alleged to have trafficked a 22-year-old woman from Gauteng to Prieska in the Northern Cape on March 16.

The suspects allegedly recruited the 22-year-old under false pretences. He was also alleged to have raped and assaulted the woman several times at his house.

 OFM News