{"id":48351,"date":"2023-05-14T21:55:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T21:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child"},"modified":"2023-05-14T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T22:47:56","slug":"signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","title":{"rendered":"‘Signs of moral decay in society’, say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her.<\/p>\n

The incident happened in Leslie.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said the girl was playing in the street at around 13:30 on Saturday when the suspect allegedly lured her into his house.<\/p>\n

“It was reportedly during that time when the suspect allegedly took advantage of the girl and raped her.<\/p>\n

“After the incident, the victim went home and related her ordeal to her grandmother,” Mdhluli said.<\/p>\n

The incident was reported to the police in Leslie and the man was arrested, he added.<\/p>\n

Mdhluli said the case would be investigated by the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.<\/p>\n

Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela condemned the incident, saying police would continue to ensure children were protected from perpetrators of gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

“The victimisation of children is definitely signs of moral decay in society,” Manamela said.<\/p>\n

The man is expected to appear in the Leslie Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a rape charge.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her. The incident happened in Leslie. Police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said the girl was playing in the street at around 13:30 on Saturday when the suspect allegedly lured her into his house. “It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[274,315,2372,491,333,275],"class_list":["post-48351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-mbombela","tag-mpumalanga","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\n'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"‘Signs of moral decay in society’, say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"crime and courts\",\"mbombela\",\"mpumalanga\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\",\"name\":\"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Signs of moral decay in society’, say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child - South Africa","description":"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child","og_description":"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"‘Signs of moral decay in society’, say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child","datePublished":"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","crime and courts","mbombela","mpumalanga","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child","name":"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-14T21:55:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-14T22:47:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Mpumalanga police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring a 12-year-old child into his house and raping her ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684088764.46.jpg","width":1024,"height":768,"caption":"'Signs of moral decay in society', say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/signs-of-moral-decay-in-society-say-police-as-mpumalanga-man-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-child#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Signs of moral decay in society’, say police as Mpumalanga man arrested for allegedly raping child"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}