Private hospital group Mediclinic on Wednesday fired a staff member in Pretoria after comments she made about alleged rape victim Cheryl Zondi's testimony went viral on social media.
The 22-year-old Zondi is the first witness to testify on the rape and human trafficking trial of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso.
The nurse has been requested to remove all association with the organisation effective immediately.
An investigation has already been launched and Mediclinic already started consulting the nursing agency that employed.
In social media posts brought to Mediclinic's attention on Twitter, screenshots of a conversation between two women describe Zondi's testimony against Omotoso as unnecessary because "she got what she deserved".
One of the screenshots -- loosely translated from Zulu -- said: "These kids are silently promiscuous and now they make it as if they were raped? Some of them still using their bodies in exchange of cash. He fu***d them a little, you know."
Zondi concluded giving testimony in the Port Elizabeth High Court after two-and-a-half days of gruelling cross-examination by defence attorney Peter Daubermann.
She will be called back at a later stage and was reminded that she was still under oath.
The 60-year-old Omotoso faces 63 main charges and 34 alternative counts which include human trafficking, rape, sexual assault, racketeering and conspiracy in aiding another person to commit sexual assault.
His two alleged henchwomen, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho, are accused of recruiting girls from all over the country for purposes of sexual exploitation.
- African News Agency (ANA)
