A 39-year-old man appeared in the Naphuno Magistrate's Court on Thursday, facing a charge of raping a five-year-old Grade R pupil in Ga-Mogoboya, Tzaneen.
The mother of the victim, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, said her daughter had returned from school complaining of pain in her pubic area.
"She came back from school and said she wanted to sleep because her pubic area is painful, but I questioned her," she said. Upon questioning, her daughter disclosed that "Malome", as the scholar transport driver is known, had penetrated her.