SAPS Arrest Free State Man for Allegedly Raping His 2 Daughters, SA Furious

• The South African Police Service arrested a man in Welkom, Free State after he reportedly raped his children
• He allegedly raped his 14 and 18 year-old daughters when they were young multiple times and would threaten them
• Members of the Public Order Police Unit received information about his whereabouts and arrested him

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered criminal activities, cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, police investigations, police shootouts and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.

WELKOM, FREE STATE — The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested a 39-year-old man from Welkom in the Free State on 24 April 2025 for allegedly raping his two daughters for nine years.

Man allegedly rapes daughters

According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the man allegedly started rapping his children in 2019 when they were 10 and 14 respectively. He would threaten them with a gun before forcing himself on them. One of the victims reported the incidents to their mother, who lived in Winburg. They then opened a case of rape and launched an investigation.

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SAPS members arrest him

Members of the Welkom Public Order Policing unit received information about the alleged rapist and the car he was driving when they were off-duty. They placed themselves on duty and traced him to a house in Welkom, where he had parked his car. They apprehended him and arrested him for rape and pointing a firearm. He is expected to appear before the Welkom Magistrates Court on 29 April.

Similar rape cases

• A member of the public apprehended a man suspected of raping two women he allegedly gave lifts to in the Eastern Cape in February
• The police in Bolobedu, Limpopo, launched a manhunt in the same month after a suspect stormed a college resident and raped and robbed four students
• A teacher from Limpopo disappeared after he allegedly raped a 13 year-old multiple times
• A Limpopo scholar transport driver was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl
• The case of a three year-old girl who was raped at a creche in Mpumalanga was withdrawn, sparking outrage

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South Africans weigh in

Netizens commenting on the South African Police Service's Facebook post shared their views.

Max Pretorius Well asked:

"What's South African Police Services doing about binary option scammers that keep targeting vulnerable women searching for love and relationships online?"

Nwamgwena Johannah Makhubele said:

"Doesn't need to be called a man. He's a disgusting thing that is not fit to be around the community."

Happiness Mokoena said:

"Well done, men and women in blue."

Wavin Stone said:

"I plead with all those people in Parliament to make a law that all rapists and killers must be given immediate life sentences."

Masombuka Zoe Tuelo said:

"Sometimes I don't blame the community. I know no crime is better, but raping your own child or any other child is painful."

Rapist sentenced to 25 years for raping mentally-disabled woman

In a related article, Briefly News reported that the Barkley West Regional Court in the Northern Cape sentenced a man for rape. He raped a mentally-disabled woman at a hospital.

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The court heard how the man, who was admitted at the hospital for a stab wound, manipulated the woman into sleeping with him. He then took her to the toilets and raped her, where a security guard caught him and reported him to the nursing staff.

Source: Briefly News