Gauteng dad in court for raping, fathering child with daughter

A 39-YEAR-OLD father appeared in the Tsakani Magistrate’s Court, Ekurhuleni, where he is facing a charge of allegedly raping his daughter and subsequently having a child with her.

- SINENHLANHLA MASILELA

The alleged abuse began in March 2022 when the victim was 15 years old at the time.

Lumka Mahanjana, the spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), said when the alleged abuse happened, the victim was living with both parents and her younger brother in Tsakani.

“On the day of the first incident, the mother was at church, leaving the victim with her father and brother. It’s alleged that the father called the victim, who was playing outside, into the house, and sent her brother to buy chips from the shops.

“When the victim got inside the house she found the father in her room, when she went to enquire why he called her.