The vigilante killings occurred on Wednesday night.
Angry community members chased the man they accused of raping and killing the girl. They then beat him to death.
The child was raped and killed, last Tuesday
Three women have been found dead after disappearing in a local sugar cane farm over the past three months.
Clashes later broke out between Pennyville and Noordgesig residents on Wednesday night, forcing authorities to close roads between the communities.
A man alleged to have been a rapist and a robber was burnt to death by angry residents on Monday night in Alexandra.
The man was set alight on the corner of 3rd Avenue and London Road after suspicions that he had been robbing and raping women.
The teen was the twelfth person to be arrested in the wake of the crime on Sunday in Ga-Wally village outside Tzaneen.
The mob caught three men, accusing them of being responsible for house robberies in the area. The three were then brutally assaulted with various objects.
Nine men appeared in the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court on Tuesday after the weekend attack.
A victim’s body was found dumped in the area earlier this week.
The 36-year-old, who thought the victim had raped his daughter, appeared in the in court after handing himself over the police this week.
It’s understood the community attacked the two suspects on Monday after they robbed a woman.
On Monday, two men suspected of being house robbers died after they were severely assaulted by community members in Pienaar.
In the first case, two men were killed on Monday after they were severely assaulted by community members in Pienaar and their bodies were dumped in the area.
Police say the pair have confessed to the crime but have not yet appeared in court as they are still recovering from their injuries.
Community MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane confirmed on Friday that three people were arrested in connection with the attack.
A mob of angry residents set alight a 17-year-old pupil near the unity secondary school on Wednesday accusing him of being part of a suspected gang.
