The man accused of raping six teen boys in Langa had allegedly been giving them drugs and showing them gay porn for eight months before sexually assaulting them.
According to one of the victims, the man, who lives in the same street as the victims, threatened to expose him on social media if he refused to have sex with him.
The 16-year-old says on Friday, when he refused to sleep with 33-year-old Ngelosi Ntethe, the suspect burned him with a hot iron and beat him up with a broomstick.
The victim says there are five more boys who were also sexually groomed and raped.
Ntethe was arrested on Sunday and has been charged with rape and sexual assault.
The boy spoke to the Daily Voice in the presence of his grandmother in their Langa home on Wednesday.
“This has been happening since June, when I was 15,” he said.
“We were having a chill session and he gave my friends and me tik and dagga to smoke and alcohol.
“When I asked my friend why he was visiting the suspect, he said he had some business to attend to.
“Ngelosi introduced himself to me and after a while he gave us drugs. I had never tried tik before I met him and when I tried it, he said he would tell my grandmother that I smoke.
“Then he forced me to watch porn with men and then he raped me and then he said we were in a relationship.”
The teenager says when he told Ntethe he didn’t want a relationship, he threatened to expose him on Facebook.
“He said he would tell people I smoke drugs and also that I am sleeping with him.”
The Grade 10 pupil says last week when he arrived at the suspect’s home with his friends, Ntethe tried to rape him again.
“He gave me the drugs and then I refused sex and that is when he beat me with a broomstick, took a hot iron and placed it on my thighs, chest and back.
“My grandma was shocked when I finally told her the truth because he told her he was our mentor and helped us to stay away from drugs.
“After we had a family meeting, we went to the police to lay a charge against him.”
SAPS’ Captain FC van Wyk says Ntethe appeared in Bishop Lavis Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and the case was postponed for seven days for further investigation.
He remains in custody.