A stretch of the N2 highway, alongside the border of eSwatini, near where an Ermelo police Warrant Officer abducted and raped a 17-year-old school girl in June 2014. (Photo by Annelia Smit) Policemen have been accused of nearly 1 000 rapes since 2012. Many of these suspects stand accused of abusing the authority of their positions to aid them in these crimes, a new investigation by Viewfinder has found. Yet, police management rarely disciplines or dismisses the officers involved. On the afternoon of 6 June 2014, 36-year-old Ermelo police Warrant Officer Sipho * was sitting alone in a white bakkie on a quiet stretch of the N2 highway in south-eastern Mpumalanga. Through his windshield, Sipho spotted 17-year-old schoolgirl Lerato