A 41-year-old South African woman on a visit to Zimbabwe was raped by two men who had offered her a lift on Sunday night. They also allegedly robbed her of a cell phone, R115 and 8.5 million Zimbabwean dollars. The incident took place along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwean police spokesman for Matabeleland South province, Asst Insp Trust Ndlovu said the incident occurred at around 19:00, about 15km from of Beitbridge town.

“The woman is a South African national and was traveling with a female relative driving from Bulawayo, where they had visited their in-laws and were on their way back to South Africa. However, along the way, their car developed a puncture and she then boarded another car and went to Beitbridge town to have the tyre fixed,” Ndlovu said.

On returning back to the point where the car had been left, she got a lift in another car, which had four people on board, two of them women. “The car traveled for about 10km and the driver then dropped off the other two female passengers and proceeded with the South African woman and the other male passenger,” said the police spokesman.

The driver then traveled another five kilometers before leaving the highway and parking the car in a bushy area under the guise of intending to refuel it.

“Soon after parking the car, the driver, together with the passenger, ordered the complainant to disembark. They then robbed her of her cell phone, R115 and Z$8.5 million,” Ndlovu said.

The two suspects then ordered her to remove her G-string after which they took turns to rape her before tying her to a tree, using her G-string.

They sped off at high speed, leaving their victim stranded.

The woman managed to untie herself, however, and managed to get a lift from a Good Samaritan who took her to the Beitbridge Police Station, where she reported the matter.

Ndlovu said no arrests had been made. He said police were still investigating.

“We have since launched investigations as the two suspects are still at large and we are also appealing to the community to assist us with information that might lead to their arrest,” Ndlovu said.