Yet another sedan taxi (Iphela) driver has been arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a passenger he gave a lift to from the East London CBD to Scenery Park.
The 30-year old driver Zusakhe Tekwana, and his 27-year old brother Mihlali Tekwana, were arrested in Mdantsane last week and were today denied bail by the East London bail court magistrate Joel Cesar.
The pair were nabbed after they had allegedly raped a 14-year old Scenery Park girl whom they also robbed of R90 and a cellphone last Wednesday.
Last month police linked another iphela driver who is in custody for allegedly robbing and raping a Zwelitsha passenger who had come to East London for a job interview in November, to four other similar incidents through his DNA.
Some of the incidents linked to Siyabonga Sloti, 28, of Scenery Park, had taken place in the same bushy area in Wilsonia between 2015 and 2016, according to police.
Sloti’s trial will take place between June 19-21.
Another sedan taxi (Iphela) driver arrested for rape
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Yet another sedan taxi (Iphela) driver has been arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a passenger he gave a lift to from the East London CBD to Scenery Park.
The 30-year old driver Zusakhe Tekwana, and his 27-year old brother Mihlali Tekwana, were arrested in Mdantsane last week and were today denied bail by the East London bail court magistrate Joel Cesar.
The pair were nabbed after they had allegedly raped a 14-year old Scenery Park girl whom they also robbed of R90 and a cellphone last Wednesday.
Last month police linked another iphela driver who is in custody for allegedly robbing and raping a Zwelitsha passenger who had come to East London for a job interview in November, to four other similar incidents through his DNA.
Some of the incidents linked to Siyabonga Sloti, 28, of Scenery Park, had taken place in the same bushy area in Wilsonia between 2015 and 2016, according to police.
Sloti’s trial will take place between June 19-21.
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