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FILE: Preliminary reports indicate the girl had been strangled. Picture: SAPS/Twitter.

Child murders

Bethelsdorp woman to appear in court for murder of 9-year-old girl

By Kevin Brandt

Detectives said the suspect fetched her boyfriend's daughter from his house on Monday. From there, they hitchhiked to Gqeberha's Maitlands Beach, where the girl...

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    Recently retired SAPS Captain Kay Makhubele, who served as the police spokesperson in Gauteng spoke to Eyewitness News about his 37 years in the service and find out what he’s looking forward to in his retirement.

    83 days ago
  • FILE: The boy's uncle discovered the shallow grave on Christmas day after a dog was seen carrying a human body part. Picture: Freeimages.com

    Man in court after dog digs boy's body parts from shallow grave

    Ayabulelwa Kubheka, aged 10, was reported missing on 15 December after his grandmother, who had left him in bed, could not find him when she returned.

    144 days ago
  • FILE: The accused made his second appearance before the Estcourt Magistrates Court on Tuesday for a bail application. Picture: SAPS.

    Estcourt man accused of murdering 6-year-old child to undergo mental assessment

    The 24-year-old was arrested in connection of the murder last month.

    167 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz at the Khayelitsha police station on 17 May 2021. Picture: Lizell Persens/Eyewitness News

    Femicide & child murders: WC’s never-ending nightmare

    This comes with the news that two men have been arrested for the murder of four-year-old Scarlett Cottle from Ottery.

    229 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Grandfather arrested after grandson (7) shot by cousin while playing with gun

    According to Eastern Cape police, three cousins were playing together at their home in Libode when they found a firearm under the bed.

    231 days ago
  • FILE: A memorial service took place on 7 April 2019 in Eerste River for 22-month-old Orderick Lucas, whose body was found in a drain metres from his family home. The boy disappeared in March. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Justice served for toddler Orderick Lucas after his killer sentenced

    The one-year-old boy's body was found in a drain in Eersteriver in March 2019, days after he was reported missing.

    236 days ago
  • FILE: Petrus September (34) recently appeared in the Swellendam High Court. Picyure: 123rf.com

    Petrus September sentenced to 20 years for murdering Liezel Booysen (13)

    The initial investigation reveals that the accused persuaded Booysen and a friend to accompany him to the refuse site in Barrydale where he hid liquor.

    263 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    EC woman who suffocated her 2 children with plastic bags to be sentenced

    The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said before the murder, the accused told her older son she was going to kill him and his brother.

    277 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS/facebook.com

    NPA welcomes life term handed to Soshanguve man for killing his baby son

    Thabang Lephoi killed his son in November 2017 and buried the body in a shallow hole with rocks.

    278 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: iStock.

    Gender violence 'by proxy': kids in the firing line

    In Spain, 39 minors have been killed since 2013 by their fathers or by their mother's partner or former partner, government figures show.

    330 days ago
  • A combination picture of Ivakele Xolose. Picture: Pink Ladies

    Police probe circumstances around death of Langa toddler (1)

    Little Ivakele Xolose was reported missing on Monday afternoon.

    363 days ago
  • Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu leads a national roundtable webinar on child killings, abuse and rape on 26 March 2021. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    Parents are not alone in fight against child murders, abuse - Zulu

    The 2019/2020 Annual Police Crime Stats showed child murders dropped by 7%, while more than 24 000 children were sexually assaulted in South Africa.

    423 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Witness tells court Limpopo man admitted to killing his 4 kids in Facebook post

    Lucas Phasha allegedly killed his children - all under the age of 10 - at their home outside Burgersfort in February last year.

    430 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN.

    Still no arrests in Bhinqala girls’ murders

    They were stabbed multiple times and were found in the bushes on Tuesday evening.

    443 days ago
  • Limpopo police are searching for a group of suspects following the discovery of a boy's mutilated body. Picture: Pexels.com

    Mutilated body of Seshego boy (12) found, police suspect ritual killing

    Police say the boy was attacked by an unknown group while he tried to relieve himself, and his mutilated body was later discovered by a passerby on Friday.

    464 days ago
  • Chris Lategan and his granddaughter Jesse Hess were murdered in their flat in Parow, Cape Town. Picture: facebook.com

    Several femicide, child murder cases heard in CT courts today

    This comes at a time when the country observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children.

    542 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Police open murder case after 3 children found dead at NW scrapyard

    The bodies of the children, aged between four and six, were discovered in one of the old unused cars in the yard by their grandmother.

    550 days ago
  • Minenghlo Mhlongo. Picture: Supplied

    KwaMashu teen accused of raping, killing cousin (4) moved to place of safety

    The juvenile suspect allegedly stabbed four-year-old Minenhle Mhlongo to death before dumping her body in a bush near her home.

    599 days ago
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