EFF Councillor suspended for alleged rape

The EFF member is a councilor in Ward 25 in the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo have suspended a 43-year-old member who is a Councillor at the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality, following rape allegations against him, Polokwane Review reports.

According to police spokesperson, Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe, a Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality councilor alleges that between 20:00 on September 5 2016 and 03:00 on  September 6 2016, she was raped at the Oasis Lodge in Mokopane.

Ngoepe says the suspect was brought in by his legal representative last Wednesday, and he appeared in the Mokopane Magistrate court on the same day.

“He was granted R500 bail and he will next appear in the Mokopane Magistrate court on September 5 2018,” Ngoepe said.

The suspect is a councilor in Ward 25 in the Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality.

 

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