SUSPECT SERIAL RAPIST NOT MY SON - WOMAN

MHLAMBANYATSI – After having gone almost three years without knowing where her son is, Jane Zwane was frightened when she saw rangers enter her homestead.   

At the time of his disappearance, the son had recently been released from jail after having been arrested for rape.
When rangers showed Jane a picture of the man they had been after for almost three years, who was believed to have been hiding in Montigny Forest and behind a string of rape cases and a spate of housebreaking spirit and theft cases, she loosened up as he categorically stated that; ‘this is not my son.’       

That the man in the picture was not her son, however, did not lift her spirits as the community of Ngwenyameni believes that it was her son, Max, who was the alleged serial rapist who slit his throat while inside a police cell.

The man currently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Mbabane Government Hospital, Mamba, faces a total of 23 counts, which mainly include rape, attempted rape, attempted murder, assault GBH (grievously bodily harm), indecent assault and break-ins.
The reign of terror is said to have occurred in different communities, among which were Mhlambanyatsi, Bhunya, Mantabeni, Malkerns, Luhleko and LaMgabhi. The only comfort Jane has is that perhaps the community would stop harassing and accusing her of setting her son free by paying his bail, leading to his disappearance.

Fuelling the community’s suspicion was that the reign of terror is said to have occurred about the same time Max was released on bail.
With Jane confirming that the arrested man was not her son, the question among the community was; could there be two people terrorising women and breaking into houses? 

Their fear arises from the fact that Max was arrested for the rape of a neighbour’s wife.
Some of the community members believe that Max is the man who tried to slit his own throat and that Jane was trying to disassociate herself from her son who is believed to be a criminal. 

Interestingly, Jane said she understood very well why the community came to conclude that her son was the alleged serial rapist. “However, I’m told he was released on bail. And that was the last time I heard about him. I do not even know whether he is dead or still alive. Even drunkards from the area have not come across him at the drinking spots.”

Even after being shown recent pictures of the alleged suspect by Montigny’s Crime Intelligence Manager Sihle Mavuso, the elderly Jane said: “Lona logile letiga bese kubhocwa lowami – akusiye. Akusiye.”

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