A MAN charged with 24 counts of rape is expected to apply for bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Police representative Senior Superintendent Chris Wilken said the 24 charges related to 32 young women who were raped in the Berea, Hillbrow, Yeoville and Alexandra areas of Johannesburg. Some charges related to two victims. The media has been banned from identifying the man. Blood and hair samples have been taken from the accused for forensic analysis, Wilken said.