Hunger and despair rife at Eastern Cape village where mom killed kids, herself - Gift of the Givers news24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Buso killed Orabile Buso (8) and Oratile Buso (5) with rat poison, after using the last of the food in the house, before stabbing her teenage daughter Anathi to death and then hanging herself. It is understood that she was deeply in debt and the family was often starving.
Desperate unemployed Eastern Cape mothers are looking to prostitution as their last hope of providing food for their children. Some told the Dispatch they had ended up with multiple partners because of promises that the men would look after them, while others said depression caused by their situations had resulted in them becoming aggressive towards their children.