The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested an 18-year-old woman from Kuruman for allegedly making a false rape report against an off-duty police constable from Kimberley.

The 24-year-old constable was arrested on Thursday after the woman reported that he had allegedly raped her at a guest house in Kuruman on 23 September.

The woman later informed an IPID investigator that she had made a false statement after the constable allegedly failed to pay her the agreed 400 rand following consensual sex.

IPID spokesperson  Lizzy Suping says t he rape charge against the constable was withdrawn, while the woman faces a perjury charge and appeared in the Kuruman Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 24 September 2026.

Suping says the complainant was released on warning, with the matter postponed to 16 October to allow her to obtain legal aid.