
A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged with statutory rape after allegedly impregnating a 13-year-old girl in Seshego, Polokwane. The two met at a shopping complex in January 2024 and began communicating before becoming intimate in May 2024.
The girl only revealed the incident to her aunt after experiencing complications, and medical tests confirmed she was eight months pregnant in November 2024. She gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas Day, 25 December 2024.
The police were informed, and a statutory rape case was registered for further investigation. The suspect was arrested by the Seshego Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences Unit on 26 December 2024 and is expected to appear in the Seshego Magistrate’s Court soon.