BBC reporter ‘on the run’ after fake documentary airs

THE BBC reporter who did a documentary in which a man is shown claiming to have raped and infected dozens of women with HIV, has gone to ground as it emerged the story was false and police were closing in on him.

Two cases have been opened at Diepsloot police station against Golden Mtika for allegedly paying residents and making them make false and incriminating claims on the documentary aired by the BBC last week.

The video of the interview with the so-called HIV positive rapist, David Kaise, has since gone viral.

Another person in the video, identified as Portia, claims that Kaise was her former lover who had also raped her and that she was now HIV positive.

But when the DFA’s sister newspaper The Star caught up with her on Monday morning at Diepsloot police station, where she had gone to lay a charge of defamation of character against Mtika, the woman, whose real name is Ndivhuwo Ramaphalala, revealed it had all been a lie.

The newspaper has established that the people in the video were paid to make the claims. Kaise claims he is not HIV positive and is not a rapist. He was allegedly paid R350 and told what to say by the journalist, who has since gone to ground as the community bays for his blood.

Kaise and other residents were speaking on the international broadcaster’s documentary, which shocked many South Africans when the man claimed he had raped over 24 women, is HIV positive and wants to spread the disease so he doesn’t die alone.

Ramaphalala, a drama enthusiast, said she had been lured to make claims about the rape under false pretences. She said she was duped by Mtika in September last year and paid R200 to “act” in what was supposed to be a movie which would be aired overseas.

The reporter, she said, had also promised to buy clothes and other necessities for her 11-year-old child if she “performed” in the film.

The 27-year-old woman said everything she said in the video was scripted and her life was now ruined because of it.

“My friend showed me the video last week Tuesday and now every time I go out in the streets, people ask me about it and my boyfriend also dumped me. People look at me like I’m dirt … My life is just a mess,” she said.

Kaise’s house was also visited to verify if it was indeed true that he was paid to lie. He was, however, not there but a relative, who declined to be identified, confirmed he was paid R350 to “act” in the film.

The woman said Kaise was a good man.

“You can even ask the neighbours about him, he is a good person.

“But it’s going to sound like I’m speaking good about him because we are related.

“He wouldn’t harm a fly,” she said.