A Manenberg mom has issued a warning to female drug addicts to be aware of an alleged rapist preying on tikkoppe in the area.
This follows an attack on a young woman who was choked until she was unconscious and assaulted.
Residents of Kei Street showed no mercy to the alleged attacker, who was moered dik.
The 34-year-old victim, who cannot be named, says she has been left traumatised by the ordeal but says the suspect failed to penetrate her.
“On 28 November, I was walking from my sister’s house to my boyfriend’s house in Kei Street. I know he [suspect] lives here in the street but I am not friends with him,” she says.
“It was about 10pm and he saw me walking and sommer started walking next to me”
She says as she approached a veldjie, she suddenly felt him grab her neck violently.
“He put me in a choke hold and started rukking me. He choked me till I was flou and threw me to the ground.
“I normally wear two pants and he just pulled down both. I tried to fight him over and over, but every time I came right, he choked me again until I couldn’t breathe and fell flou.
“He took his penis out and wanted to put it in my bum but couldn’t get it in, so he slid his penis between my bum cheeks until he ejaculated.”
She says after the attack, he got up and ran away and she went to her berk’s house.
“I was too bang so I didn’t tell anyone.”
Her angry mother says a week later, her daughter’s friend came to her home and told her what had happened.
“She was too scared and she confided in her friend who came to tell me. The residents were very kwaad and my son-in-law made them fetch him [suspect] and he was moered,” she says.
“He admitted to everything and told us he was sodomised as a child and so he does it to other people now. We made a case and the police came on Sunday to get him.”
The mom says when questioned, it was revealed that he had targeted another woman, but those she confided in did not believe her.
“We found out that he is targeting the women who smoke drugs because he knows people won’t believe them.
“The other druggies must be very careful. My daughter is very traumatised.”
Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi, confirms the arrest and says the 24-year-old man made his first appearance in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court yesterday.