Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of 18-year-old Sikelelwa Mona at Taiwan informal settlement in Site C, Khayelitsha on Friday 14 July .
Sikelelwa was found dead in a shack near her home on Saturday 8 July after allegedly being raped.
Western Cape provincial police spokesperson W/O Joseph Swartbooi stated that Khayelitsha police officers attended a complaint on Saturday 8 July and upon their arrival they found a body of an unknown woman.
“The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. We can confirm that a male has been arrested on Friday 14 July on a charge of rape,” said Swartbooi.
A heartbroken Chithiwe Mona (59), said she wants justice to prevail for her daughter.
“I woke up on Saturday at about 08:00 and left her asleep as we used to sleep together. One of her friends came to call her citing that they are going to one of their friend’s shacks. A few hours later one of their friends came here saying that Sikelelwa is not waking up. I hurried up to where she was and found her in the room lying in bed on her back,” she sobbed.
Mona said she shook her body calling her by her name and was not responding, noting that her daughter’s trousers were soaking, as if she was poured with water.