Witchcraft scare for defence lawyer in rape case

During a heated cross-examination, the witness whose name is withheld to protect the alleged victim blatantly told the court that he will bewitch Masilo’s lawyer. He said that Kgosietsile Ngakayagae does not have a conscience as he is defending a guilty man. The rape victim’s brother said this after Ngakayagae had continuously called the now angry man a liar.

“You have lied sir, you like exaggerating things. Why are you blowing things out of proportion? You lied,” said Ngakayagae. He quizzed the witness as to why he did not mention to the police that the man who had assaulted him had a prominent forehead with a flat nose. “How could you forget......because you said that at one point during your encounter with the man that his cap fell off. How could you not mention his prominent features?” Ngakayagae asked. The agitated witness responded: “You do not know what we have been through.