A five-year old girl is HIV-positive after she contracted the virus from being raped by her mother’s 72-year old boyfriend, reported the Daily Voice on Wednesday.
According to the report, the girl, her sister and their friend were raped over a period of eight months by the man known as “Mdala” in an informal settlement in Mitchells Plain.
The sister and friend both tested negative for HIV.
The girl’s father told the publication the mother was aware of the rapes.
“She knew what was going on and she allowed it, she told both my little girls to keep the matter quiet and never tell anyone,” he said. “Her boyfriend has now infected my child with a deadly disease and the doctors say she can never have children because her womb was so badly damaged.”
“That evil man raped my child, then he bathed her and gave her food afterwards. He did this every day for eight months and her mother did nothing,” he added.
“Mdala” has been arrested and charged with rape and sexual assault. He is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on 19 March.
The father meanwhile, is fighting to get his daughters back.
“I will not rest until that woman is in jail with her lover,” he said
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