South Africa: Parents Welcome NPA's Decision to Appeal Scholar Patrol Guard's Acquittal for Rape, Sexual Harassment

13 December 2018

The parents of the children who were victims in the sexual assault case against a former scholar patrol guard at a primary school in Soweto, Johannesburg, have welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) decision to appeal his acquittal.

Johannes Molefe, 58, was arrested in October 2017 for allegedly raping and sexually harassing school children, aged between five and 13. In court, Molefe faced three counts of rape and 11 of sexual assault and had pleaded not guilty to all of them.

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