Four-year-old Bokgabo Poo’s horror rape, murder and dismemberment united government and communities in grief and fury. But in a country with under-reported statistics of three child murders a day, outrage on the part of authorities is a poor substitute for action.
There's high police presence and community members outside the KaBokweni magistrate's court ahead of the appearance of three people accused of killing Bontle Zethu Ditebogo Mashiyane.
Tensions remained high in Mganduzweni and nearby communities in Hazyview on Tuesday after two more suspects in the murder of Bontle Mashiyane, including a sangoma, appeared in court.
Three houses belonging to two of the people accused of killing Bontle Zethu Ditebogo Mashiyane and a local sangoma taken in for questioning were torched in Mganduzweni, near Hazyview, Mpumalanga, on Monday.
The case against a Mpumalanga sangoma and his son who after days of questioning by police were finally charged with the murder of a six-year-old girl haa been postponed to June 24 for further police investigation.