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Boyfriend on September 8 Attacked

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September 10, 2025

On Monday, September 8, 2025, my boyfriend came to my house to fetch me. We had previously agreed that I would sleep over at his place in Soshanguve. While we were at his home we had an argument and I told him that I wanted to end our relationship.

He became angry, telling me he would not allow me to break up with him and that he would kill me if I tried. He took out a knife and threatened me. He pushed me onto the bed and acted as if he was going to stab me but he stabbed the bed instead. He then pulled an electrical wire from the ceiling and threatened to hang himself. He begged me not to leave him but I insisted that I was done with the relationship and wanted to go home.

I packed all my clothes, including those I had previously left at his house. He helped me carry them to his car. Before we left he went back into the house and hid the knife in his pocket without me seeing. As we drove, he stopped at a bottle store and bought two Amstel beers which he drank while driving.

I live in Stinkwater and he lives in Soshanguve. We were driving towards my house but when we reached the Mogogelo crossing he turned into a different road. I asked him where we were going and he replied "I want a perfect spot in the bush to kill you." He then showed me the knife.

I saw some cars approaching. I grabbed the knife from him, opened the car door and tried to get out to ask for help. He stopped the car, got out and came to the passenger side stopping me from escaping. As I got back into the car I hid the knife on the back seat. When he returned to the car, he asked me where the knife was and I told him that I had thrown it away.

He then waited for the passing cars to disappear before driving into the bushes and stopping the car. He locked the doors and broke the two beer bottles on the car's door frame to create sharp edges. He took my phone, turned on flight mode and "do not disturb," and threw it into the trees.

He gave me one of the broken bottles and kept the other. He told me to stab him before he counted to five, or he would stab and kill me. I did not stab him. When he reached five, he stabbed me in my hand. He then demanded that I undress so we could have sex. When I told him no and that I was on my period and wearing a pad, he said, "You don't have any rights to say no. Either way, you are going to die."

Terrified, I undressed. He also undressed and told me to perform oral se...x on him. He said if he did not enjoy it, he would stab me in the neck with the bottle. While I was doing it he told me to get on top of him. When I said I couldn't he adjusted my seat to make me lay on my stomach. He came to the back of the car and began to penetrate me. I started crying but he ignored me. After he ejaculated inside of me he took the seatbelt and began to choke me. I fought back by biting his hands, and he let go.

He then went to the back of the car to access that thing that holds petrol under the seat. The knife I had hidden there fell out. He saw it and said "Yes, you bitch you lied to me. Here is the knife. Now it will make things easier for me."

I quickly unlocked the door, got out and tried to run but he caught me. He pushed me to the ground and began stabbing me. He stabbed me two times in the head, three times in my ear, three times in my right arm and once in my left arm. I grabbed the knife and broke it. He began to punch me in the face and then pulled me back to the car. He locked the doors again.

He took a t-shirt from my bag, dipped it in petrol and tried to put it on my face. I managed to grab the shirt from him, climbed on top of him and held my hands over his mouth and nose until he fainted. I searched his pants, took his phone and called my sister telling her to come fetch me at the Mogogelo road. I told her she would see me running. I don’t know how I managed to fight him but I just thank God I managed to escape.

I was bleeding and dizzy but my sister arrived on time. She took me to the Refentse Clinic which then called an ambulance to Jubilee Hospital. I called the police and opened a case of attempted murder and rape against him.

His first court appearance was on 2025 where he applied for bail. His bail hearing is scheduled for September 12th 2025, at the Moretele Temba Magistrate Court. Gender-Based Violence needs to come to an end, we can’t

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