More questions than answers in Cwecwe’s rape case

April 25, 2025 285 2

The alleged rape case of Grade 2 learner, Cwecwe, has taken an unexpected turn – leaving many South Africans perplexed.

Earlier, AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit released a shocking statement, detailing an allegedly leaked report which claims that Cwecwe denied being raped.

According to the unit, the claims of an inconclusive J88 medico-legal report on Cwecwe’s violation are based on a report from a forensic social worker who met with the young girl after the incident was reported.

The social worker also allegedly stated that the Grade 2 learner did not suffer any trauma.

“The child reported suffering from constipation, which caused her frequent visits to a bathroom which was treated at a private hospital,” says the AfriForum’s statement.

MEDIA STATEMENT: Police Minister offers apology to Bergview College Principal

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has apologised to Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, for falsely identifying him as a suspect in the alleged rape of a child that attends the school in Matatiele in…

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This unforeseen information has complicated the situation for Cwecwe’s mother, who is seeking justice. It has also raised further questions among the public regarding the case, as multiple inconsistencies have emerged.

Additionally, this news conflicts with earlier statements made by Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth, and People with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, who earlier this month revealed that the then seven-year-old had been raped multiple times.

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit spokesperson, Barry Bateman, has urged the police to set the record straight on the matter, saying they had written to the police boss, General Fanie Masilela, on it.

He also revealed that Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has apologised to the Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, who was cited as one of the suspects in the case.

Bateman says while Pieterse has welcomed the apology, the unit will press on in a bid to hold accountable all the high-profile people who “convicted” him for a crime he was not even remotely related to.

The developments come as South African expats in London gear up to protest over the weekend, demanding justice for the little girl who was allegedly brutally violated on her back and female private part.

Hundreds of South Africans have also spent the most part of this month staging protests across the country, calling for #JusticeForCwecwe – in a case that’s become emblematic of the struggle against child abuse in the country.