A South African mother who was put through a ‘living nightmare’ by a rapist who held a gun to her children’s head to force her into sex has pleaded for help after her family were denied asylum in Australia.
Nicky, 45, was raped in front of her children by 32-year-old Sebenzile Simane – who also sexually molested her daughter after shooting his way into the Eastern Cape farm house.
After surviving the horrific ordeal, Nicky and her family were planning to move to Australia to set up a farm – but their humanitarian visas were rejected.
The mother-of-three said her family began dreaming of a new life when Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said he was considering a special refugee intake for South Africans who had been persecuted.
She said those dreams have now been destroyed.
‘It was a glimmer of hope, but it’s concerning that nothing has ever come of it,’ she told The Australian.
‘I speak for thousands of South African farmers: we need a lifeline. The violence here is escalating.’
