Chris Hani mayor shows support for 14-year-old sex victim

Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) executive mayor Kholiswa Vimbayo, chief whip Bongiwe van Heerden, CHDM councillor Nonzukiso Matiwane and gender activist Petros Majola joined scores of people who packed the Komani regional court to show support for the 14-year-old girl who was allegedly sold for sex by four self-confessed prostitutes to foreign nationals in Whittlesea two years ago.
The girl was 12 years old when she was allegedly abducted by the four women and prostituted. The four suspects and a foreign national who is alleged to have slept with the girl in exchange for money were arrested in September 2016 and were denied bail by the Whittlesea magistrate's court in December that year...

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