A 25-year-old woman was raped at gunpoint and dumped by two unknown suspects who left her in a cane field on the north-bound lane of the N2 in the vicinity of Sibaya Casino on Monday.
Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) Operations Centre received a call from a passing motorist at approximately 3.06pm requesting assistance after he was flagged down by the woman on the north-bound lane on the N2.
Prem Balram, head of Rusa said that officers and medics were dispatched to the scene and on arrival, located the hysterical female seated in the emergency lane. “She informed a female ‘reaction officer’ that she operates a stall on Umgeni Road in Central Durban. That morning she was on her way to visit her boyfriend in Stanger and boarded a Toyota Hiace taxi,” he said. Balram said that the taxi driver and his conductor assured the woman that they were proceeding in that direction. “As they left Durban she questioned the two as to why there were no other passengers in the mini bus. The conductor then placed a cloth over her face and asked her to remain silent. She was driven to a cane field where both men took turns raping her at gunpoint,” he said.
He said the two suspects then drove off and left the woman in the field. “The victim said that she wanted to declare to her rapists that she was HIV positive but was afraid that they would shoot her if she informed them of her status. She then made her way to the Freeway where she flagged down a passing motorist who contacted Rusa for assistance,” said Balram.
