Africa-Press – South-Africa. One of the infamous Boeremag members, who was found guilty of and sentenced for treason, has made a brief first appearance in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court on charges of rape and sexual assault.
The man cannot be identified until he pleads to the charges of rape and sexual assault.
Police previously said cases of rape and sexual grooming had been opened against the man, which led to his arrest on Tuesday.
News24 understands that one of the complainants is 16 years old.
It is alleged that the offences were committed in Kleinfontein, a culturally segregated community in Pretoria, while he was out on parole.
Bail
The accused’s advocate, Francois Kriel, told the court the defence would bring a bail application on 17 August, which, according to the State, will be “vehemently opposed.”
It will be a schedule six bail application, which means the accused would have to prove that exceptional circumstances exist to permit his release on bail in the interest of justice.
Bomb attacks
The accused was part of a right-wing terrorist group that wanted to overthrow the government and destroy the new democracy in the country in 2002, which included plans to assassinate former president Nelson Mandela.
The group was also responsible for a series of bomb attacks in Soweto, one of which killed a woman.
News24 reported that Soweto mother Claudia Mokone was killed when a piece of steel dislodged by a bomb the Boeremag planted on a railway landed in her shack.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria sentenced and convicted 20 members of the Boeremag between 2012 and 2013.
Among those who were convicted were leaders Tom Vorster, Mike du Toit, Dirk Hanekom and Lets Pretorius.
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