KwaZulu-Natal - A 70-year-old woman has been raped in her home in front of her grandchildren at Matsheketsheni Reserve in Sundumbili, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.
Captain Thulani Zwane said the woman was raped by a 25-year-old man on Monday at 11pm.
The man gained entrance into the woman's house after knocking on the door.
He was arrested in the Sundumbili area that night and was expected to appear in the eShowe Magistrate's Court on Wednesday afternoon.
This was the third rape incident of an elderly woman in KwaZulu-Natal in recent months.