Barrack labourer charged with child rape

Andre Stuger, a 53-year-old barrack labourer from Sparendaam, was arrested on Wednesday and charged today by ranks of the Sparendaam Police Station with the offence of rape of a child under 16 years.

Police, in a release, said that at about 15:30 hrs this afternoon, the accused appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Her Worship Magistrate Abigail Gibbs, where the charge was read to him. He was not required to plead and was remanded to prison.

The matter was adjourned to 4 August 2025 for report.