Online Reporter
LAST week we ran an article about a Hatcliffe man who repeatedly raped his older’s brother’s three daughters, including one who was still in Grade Three, using his violent streak to bully them into silence.
On the occasions that his madness was revealed, the family would choose to have these crimes resolved within the family rather than take the cases to the police.
Angelbert Kalibwanji, 39, is on the run for raping his brother’s daughters on different occasions since 2008.
One of the relatives decided to break ranks with his family and led the three women, who were abused, to the police.
The police appealed for information that may lead to the arrest of Angelbert.
The police said Angelbert was uncle to the complainants.
They said the complainants once stayed with their grandmother, who is now late, together with the accused person, when they were young.
Angelbert was a very violent man and the women were afraid of him as they grew up.
The police revealed that during the years 2005 and 2008, when all the women were minors, Angelbert used to have sexual intercourse with them several times and on different occasions.
At one time, one of the complainants disclosed the matter to her aunt and the matter was discussed within the family but no action was taken.
Another complainant then disclosed the matter to her teacher when she was in Grade Three when they had a lesson of sexual abuse at school.
The teacher then conveyed the message to the complainant’s grandmother and again the matter was discussed within family members and no legal action was taken.
Then, one day, the complainants were invited for a party at their grandmother’s house in Hatcliffe.
The three complainants started discussing life’s challenges and that is when they discovered that they were all abused by the accused person.
They then approached a relative who referred them to Msasa Projects for advice and lodged a police report.
This is a very disturbing case.
It’s not just about Angelbert and the way he kept raping his brother’s daughters.
Yes, he was wrong to do that and he should be punished for using all these women as his sex toys.
But, that doesn’t mean that his family members, who kept wrapping all these cases under the carpet, are also not guilty.
The law is very clear when it comes to such cases.
It’s very clear that this family is guilty of helping this sick person to keep raping these women.
If they had reported the cases, when they were first brought to their attention, they would have ensured that he would not get the chance to keep abusing these women. By not reporting him to the police, they kept giving him the impression that whatever he was doing was right and that is why he continued.
The police should question all the family members and press charges because they are also to blame for all this mess.
