*A young woman says Booi Mohapi, chief executive of the RFP, told her she would only get a job if she had sex with him. Mr Mohapi has not responded to questions from the Tribune.*
Ayoung woman has accused the RFP chief executive, Booi Mohapi, of telling her she would only be given a job if she agreed to have sex with him. The Tribune is not naming her. She says Mr Mohapi first contacted her on Facebook and invited her to the RFP headquarters in Maseru, and that he sent her M100 (US$6.26) (about USD 6.10) through EcoCash before she travelled to meet him. She says that when she arrived, Mr Mohapi took her to his office and asked what she did for a living and whether she was employed. He also asked how she had voted in the past elections. She told him she had not voted, because she had been working as a nanny in South Africa, helping her older sister with her children.
Booi Mohapi accused of demanding sex for a job
After about an hour of conversation, during which she says Mr Mohapi promised to find her a job and to take care of her financial needs, she alleges that he asked her what she could do for him in return. She says she told him she would thank him. According to her account, he then told her she should have sex with him or she would not get the job.
She alleges that Mr Mohapi took her to the bathroom attached to his office, placed his jacket on the floor and had sex with her there. The Tribune has independently verified the Facebook exchange between the two. She also alleges that Mr Mohapi forcefully demanded she put his penis inside her mouth.
He told her that he was a powerful man, that he had a son who was a police officer, and that even the Commissioner of Police listened to him.
“Ke lebala ho u joetsa hore ntate moholo a re ke nyanye pipi ea hae before a e kemya, are o rata hoetsoa joalo. Ka khumama ka momona pipi, ha ke tsšeola a re ke koenye, ketla moetsa abe off,” she added.
She says that afterwards Mr Mohapi drove her towards the bus stop and gave her M20.0 (US$1.25) (about USD 1.20) along the way. During the drive, she alleges, he told her that he was a powerful man, that he had a son who was a police officer, and that even the Commissioner of Police listened to him.
A forgotten pair of glasses
The complainant says she realised when she got home that she had left her prescription glasses on Mr Mohapi’s office desk. She says she messaged him about them and he replied that he could not find them. When she asked him to help pay for a replacement pair, she says he told her he had no money.
She told the Tribune she had thought about opening a rape case but decided against it after her aunt warned her about the stigma that rape complainants carry. She approached the newspaper instead.
Right of reply
The Tribune has put questions to the RFP chief executive about these allegations. Mr Mohapi had not responded by the time of publication. His account will be published in full once it is received. The allegations are untested, and no criminal charge has been laid against him.
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