A 13-year-old girl claims she was taken from Maputo, Mozambique to South Africa by her mum’s friend and was promised a better life and a chance to go to school.
Instead, when she got to Katlehong, east of Johhanesburg, she was sold to a man as a sex sl*ve for R250 and was allegedly raped daily by a 38-year-old man.
"I came to SA three weeks ago and I have been locked up with an old man since I arrived." she told the Daily Sun newspaper.
She finally got an opportunity to escape on 11 February and ran to a neighbour’s house.
The neighbour said: "When the child came to me, I let her in my house. She was crying and looked scared. She said she was tired of having s*x with an old man."
The neighbour called the cops after hearing the child’s story.
"I let the girl stay in my house because she had nowhere to go," said the neighbour.
The 38-year-old man was then arrested.
According to the neighbour, who is now looking after the child, the woman who sold the girl tried to steal her on Monday.
"She said the girl wanted to show her where to buy airtime. I called the cops and the girl identified the woman as the one who sold her to the man," the neighbour said.
Captain Mega Ndobe said that a rape case has been opened against the man.
- Daily Sun
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