
Mama's Shebeen, the restaurant where Mandela's
grandson allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl has
closed, News24 reports.
"Since the alleged rape, we haven't
recovered. So as a result we have been
struggling to sustain the place, and now 20
people are jobless," the owner Yaw Dwomoh
said.
The restaurant in Greenside, Johannesburg, closed
on December 9. Before the incident the restaurant
made R274,000 a month. This subsequently
dropped to R158,000 a month.
"It has been stressful. My business has taken
a heavy toll. The incident did not happen in my
restaurant and both the victim and the accused
did not kiss or do anything in my restaurant,"
Dwomoh added.
According to News 24, residents of the area came
down hard on him and compromised his business
on social media.
"The guy who saw them kissing saw them at
the back yard of a cottage behind my restaurant,
and now innocent people have to bear the brunt
of two people’s irresponsible selfish behaviour.
It’s really unfair. No one wanted to associate with
a place that has made headlines in the media.
There is no way we were going to survive," he
said.
The former president’s 24-year-old grandson
allegedly raped the teenager on August 7. He was
granted R7 000 bail after spending more than a
week in jail. He was back in court today,
December 14. The State asked for the matter to
be postponed for further investigation because of
an outstanding statement from a witness.
Magistrate Hasna Habib said she was concerned
that the matter was taking so long and the
constant adjournments were not in the interest
of justice.
She said the witness have to be assessed in the
next month and then set the trial for March 9,
2016 with the accused to remain out on bail until
then.
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