He was falsely accused of raping his niece, his story will make you cry

Mongameli Shabalala, a 34-year-old Protea City-based man, is seeking justice after being wrongly accused of abusing his four-year-old niece

Goodman revealed that he spent 112 days behind bars in a Sun City Johannesburg jail.

Narrating his story, Mongameli claims that Tshepo Maqubu, the baby dad of his young sisters, had accused him and how he collaborated with police and social services to send Mongameli Shabalala to prison.

Posting on his Facebook page, a post attracting more than 10,000 likes and more than 1,500 comments he said-

I (Mongameli Shabalala) was released from Sun City Johannesburg Prison last year on this day; after being held behind bars in a Maximum Security Section for a total of 112 days following a series of false allegations made by a guy named Tshepo Maqubu.

He intentionally and consciously accused me of assaulting his daughter who was then four years and six months old.

He impregnated my sister in the year 2013 and then, shortly after the birth of my niece in September 2014, he disappeared and neglected both his daughter and his daughter's mother who was practically a child herself.

Being at home the principal breadwinner, the load landed squarely on my already burdened shoulders.

As a young primary healthcare practitioner (Professional Nurse), I helped my sister who finished her management (B.Com ICT) postgraduate training. Further help had to be given to our youngest sister who also did well at High School. I left the Health Department and sought a better paying job as a Nurse Mentor for a Global Fund project championed by ANOVA Health Institute.

I tried to do my best for 4 years and at some point I felt it was easier for me to take my niece (when she was just 4 months old) to come and live with me in East London as I had a home assistant who was happy to help me with my baby girl.

After four years, the child's father (Tshepo Maqubu) emerged and wanted to take the child to Kimberley ... I refused because I felt strongly that she was better off with me because I had a good job with a good salary and I also had grown attached to her. In order to push his way, he accused me of assaulting his daughter ... working in cahoots with a police officer (Detective Sebeko) of the Protea Glen Police Station, a prosecutor whom I know only as Mr. Tshidzumba of Protea North Court 5 and some Enrolled Nurse at the Nthabiseng Thuthuzela Care Center ... Evidence was produced against me and I was arrested for sexual assault on 6 April 2019.

I have suffered a lot of trauma and abuse inside a prison in those 16 weeks (4 months) that I was held in remand. Not to mention that the Policeman who came to arrest me assaulted me and I suffered injuries that left me with a permanent injury on my left arm.

I came back humiliated, battered, and economically hurt. Since last year, I've been trying to get justice, but I don't get help. I 'm coming across a cover-up one after the other and I can't get the help I need. I have no income and I am gradually losing the little quality of life in which I came out of jail.

I referred this matter to the SAPS Provincial Office, but it seems I don't get it there and I'm not getting it successfully. The Department of Social Services where the social workers who visited my niece's works were also told but they have been silent.

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