Safety and security minister Steve Tshwete on Sunday acknowledged allegations against a senior departmental official who allegedly raped a woman when she visited Tshwete's office for help.
The minister said he would await the outcome of the police investigation before deciding on what steps to take against the official.
"The suspect will be suspended immediately if a charge is brought against him," Tshwete said.
His response followed threats by the SA Stop Child Abuse (Sasca) president Tutu Mgulwa, who said the organisation would take action if the official was not suspended by Thursday.
Mgulwa said the government would have to prove its commitment to fight corruption and crime by taking action against the official.
The organisation was on Sunday considering approaching President Thabo Mbeki to ensure their demands were heard.
Tshwete said that while he viewed the allegations "as extremely serious" he would await the outcome of the investigations before deciding on what action would be taken against the official "in his capacity as an employee of the SAPS".
Tsholofelo Nyeufan, 32, on Sunday told a press conference in Soweto she approached Tshwete's office because police in her hometown of Ga-Rankuwa were corrupt and failed to solve the murder of her husband.
She said four years ago her husband had been killed, allegedly by policemen, during a hijacking outside their house.
Her youngest son was also shot by his elder brother - allegedly with a policeman's gun.
Nyeufan said she was in the process of explaining her problems to an official when Tshwete entered the office.
"He (Tshwete) heard us talking and was immediately interested to listen to my grievances. He (Tshwete) took me to his office and I told him all my problems," she said.
After listening to her, Tshwete advised her to open a case relating to her son's shooting, Nyeufan said.
He then apparently left her in the care of the official and told him to put her in a protection programme. Before leaving Tshwete ordered the official to finalise a report in three months.
"Shortly afterwards, the official said to me: "You know its funny the minister is saying I should arrange a protection programme because there is no such thing anymore, except 10111"," said Nyeufan.
"I said to him but why did you not say so when the minister was here."
She said at that point, the official pressed her against the wall and told her if she wanted the cases to be investigated properly, she had to sleep with him.
He then threw her on the floor and raped her in full view of her youngest son, she said.
Nyeufan said the official repeatedly raped her for almost two hours. He would take breaks, drink some water or pace around, she claimed.
During one of the breaks, he called in a pregnant cleaner and boasted that she was pregnant with his child.
Nyeufan said after the ordeal, she felt very ill and dizzy and she had not eaten for two days. He took her to a medical doctor who was apparently his friend and she was examined under his wife's name.
She said the official started threatening her when she confronted him about the incident.
"He told me if I ever told anyone I will be dead and that if I did open a case, he would know because he knows about every case."
She said she tried hiding, sleeping in parks, with friends, and on the streets, but each time, he would trace her.
She did not open a case because she could tell that "the man was powerful".
She then fled her Ga-Rankuwa home and went to Sasca in Soweto where she had been staying since Tuesday.
On Thursday she opened a rape case against the official.
Soweto police spokesman Richard Luvhengo confirmed the case had been opened in Jabulani police station but said it had been transferred to Pretoria central police station. - Sapa