Ugandan nationals appear in court in Secunda again

The four Ugandan nationals, Lydia ‘Sandra’ Mojemba (37), Seyikabi Wilson (49), Jingo Wassua (38) and Njombozi Katiti (46), appeared in the Secunda Magistrate’s Court again on May 2.

The four are facing charges of human trafficking, kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, illegal abortion of a baby and being in the country illegally.

The four were arrested in Ogies in July 2018 after they allegedly abducted Mojemba’s niece on July 13, 2018, and performed an illegal abortion on her.

The niece, also a Ugandan national, was lured to South Africa by her aunt to work for her. Mojemba was allegedly handing out pamphlets advertising services such as abortions and traditional healing.

When the niece was eight months pregnant, the aunt allegedly kidnapped her, with the help of the other three accused, taking her from her house in Secunda to Ogies.

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The niece was allegedly locked in a room and forced to undergo several abortion attempts before her baby boy was stillborn and dumped next to the train tracks near a bridge in Ogies.

The niece escaped from the room after a few days and fled to Secunda, where she told her boyfriend about her ordeal. He contacted the police, who went to Ogies to arrest the four accused.

In the court proceedings, one of the accused, who is now representing himself, cross-examined one of the other accused and told the court how the other accused is victimising him in prison and controlling situations.

The state prosecutor, Tracy Keen-Horak, then also cross-examined one of the accused.

She postponed the case to May 16.

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