More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and armed robbery of a video production crew west of Johannesburg appeared in court yesterday.
As the hearing took place, a 300-strong crowd people gathered outside the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court to express the community’s fury over the attack.
News of the rapes and robbery has angered community and women’s organisations in the area, who have complained that such incidents are rife around Krugersdorp.
The suspects are allegedly illegal miners known as ‘zama-zamas’ who dig for gold in the Johannesburg area’s many closed mine shafts.