My daughter killed rapist to save herself 11 March 2021 - 10:56 By Tankiso Makhetha The crime scene where a 15-year-old girl was raped and subsequently killed the rapist with his own gun on Saturday in Wedela, West Rand. Image: ANTONIO MUCHAVE
The mother of a 15-year-old girl, who allegedly killed the man who raped her by shooting him with his own gun, says her daughter had to defend herself against her attacker.
The girl, who cannot be named to protect her as a rape victim, said she was accosted by a man in Wedela, Carletonville, on Saturday and was forced into an area of bush where she and a male friend were robbed at gunpoint before the assailant raped her.
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In South Africa, child homicides show violence entrenched
by Gerald Imray And Bram Janssen, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 22, 2020 2:59 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 3:12 am EDT
This photo of Wandi Zitho is seen on the mobile phone of his mother, Amanda Zitho, on April 30, 2020, two days after his funeral. The 5-year-old was found dead in his neighbor s tavern in Orange Farm, South Africa. The neighbor was charged with the killing but she was released because the police didn’t deliver enough evidence. Months later, she was arrested again and charged with murdering two other children. (Courtesy of Amanda Zitho via AP)
Cape Town Official crime figures show around 1,000 children are murdered every year in South Africa - nearly three a day - but experts believe this may be an undercount. Shanaaz Mathews thinks many more children are victims of homicides that are not investigated properly, not prosecuted or completely missed by authorities. The official figures are just the tip of the iceberg , said Ms Mathews, the director of the Children s Institute at the University of Cape Town and probably the country s leading expert on child homicides. In a country where more than 50 people are murdered every day, children are not special and are not spared.