More charges against Durban coach accused of abuse
A Durban football coach accused of sexual abuse is facing additional charges.
The following story contains details of child abuse which some might find triggering.
The alleged abuse is said to have happened between November and May this year in Inanda, north of Durban.
The 37-year-old briefly appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court on Monday.
The state prosecutor has confirmed that two more teenage boys have come forward, bringing the number of charges of rape against the man to nine.
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He explained there was a delay in the case getting underway, as they had to add the two new charges to the charge sheet on Monday.
The prosecutor then asked for a postponement of the case, as witness statements and other DNA evidence were still outstanding.
The court was packed with family of the nine survivors.
Speaking to Newswatch outside court, the mother of one of the survivors and aunt to two of them said one of the boys told the family that he was tired of the coach abusing them.
"After he finished what he did, he tells them that if they tell someone, he is going to kill them and the whole family, and he showed them the gun with which he is going to shoot us."
The case has been postponed to August.
