Sbongile Nonyana presents the latest crime news from across South Africa.
Ha–Ravele – The body of a 12-year-old girl was found in a village in Limpopo after she disappeared while selling vegetables on Sunday and didn’t come home. When her family couldn’t find her, they told police she was missing. The police later found her body in bushes near a farm. She was half-naked and might have been strangled. The girl was seen walking with a man before she disappeared. The police are looking for the culprit or culprits and think she might have been raped as well.
Secunda – The Hawks have arrested a fake home affairs official, Lindiwe Kubheka, 45, and two men from Ethiopia, Abdo Mastefu Musa, 44, and Mike Alex Abet, 38, for fraud. They were caught red-handed stamping expired passports and found with documents from the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Transport. The trio was arrested on 16 September and appeared in the Eerstehoek Magistrate’s Court at Elukwatini on Tuesday. They were each released on R3,000 bail and are due in court on 5 November.
Groblersdal – Limpopo police are searching for Tobias Mayo, 51, and Fanie Sergio Makwakwa, 31, who are wanted for the murder of a farmer in August 2017. The suspects are charged with murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, housebreaking, and possession of an unlawful firearm and ammunition.
Lehurutshe – Collen Rorisang Mogotsi, 32, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Lehurutshe Regional Court for the murder of a five-month-old baby. The tragic incident happened after the baby’s mother told Mogotsi that he was not the biological father. He assaulted the infant, causing fatal injuries. The attack took place in November 2017.
Mangaung – Police in Mangaung are asking for the public’s help finding Santo Mojatau, 50, who has been missing since October last year. He was last seen escorting a girl to her home in Phase 4, Bloemspruit. Details of what he wore when he left his home at Hostel 1 in Bochabela are unclear.
Pictured above: Home Affairs.
Source: Menlyn Park
