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Media Statement
POLOKWANE – The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the arrest of a 28-year-old man facing a charge of statuary rape, after he reportedly impregnated a 13-year-old girl in Seshego policing area. According to reports, the victim and the suspect met at a shopping complex in Seshego in January 2024, and began communicating until they became intimate in May 2024. The girl only revealed the incident to her aunt after experiencing complications, and later in November 2024, medical tests confirmed she was eight months pregnant, thus ultimately giving birth to a baby boy on Christmas Day, 25 December 2024. The police were informed about the incident and Statutory rape case was registered for further investigations. The suspect was swiftly arrested by Seshego Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit on Thursday, 26 December 2024. The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Hadebe emphasized that the police will not tolerate such inhumane acts and urged parents to protect their children at all times. She further stressed that cases of similar nature where children are sexually molested will be investigated throughout the province and perpetrators brought to book to face the full might of the law. The suspect is expected to appear in the Seshego Magistrate’s Court soon. Ends
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