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CRITICISED: Mother Mpho Kekana

FURIOUS: MEC Florence Radzilani. PHOTO: ELIJAR MUSHIANA

 Neglect led to murders of 3 children: MEC 

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Member of the executive council Florence Radzilani said the children would not have died had they been taken good care of by their mothers and not been neglected.

She said the children were admitted to the Mantadi Child and Youth Care Centre in the Mookgophong municipality in June after they were neglected by their mothers.

Hosea, Johanna and Bafana were pupils at the Dikubu Primary School.

They went missing last Wednesday after a community march was held to demand more teachers at the school. Their bodies were discovered in the bushes. The boys were believed to have been strangled while the girl was allegedly raped before being stoned to death.

Bafana, 9, was in grade 3 and his cousins Johanna, 12, and Hosea, 10, were in grades 4 and 3, respectively.

Their mothers had surrendered the children to the centre.

Radzilani also lambasted officials at the centre for failing to act immediately when it was realised that the children were missing.

"Authorities at the Mantadi Child and Youth Care Centre are also to blame for waiting until the following day to report the children missing," she said.

The MEC said even after being informed that the children were missing social workers "lost precious time" reporting their disappearance to the police.

"Who knows, maybe the children would have been found alive had the police been informed on time," she said.

Radzilani, speaking after the burial of the children, said there would have to be further investigations to determine what had happened and also what measures could be taken to prevent a recurrence of the atrocity.

Police spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said no one had been arrested in connection with the murders. "But we are still investigating," he said.

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Thu Jun 20 09:55:52 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 23, 2012

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Why in SA is it every bodies fault except the criminals?

Then we must ask why do we have so many criminals?

Must we then look at the Justice system?

Must we look at the people who is supposed to be an example?
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Aug 23, 2012

kayaaman

any1 can c gore dis woman o ipolaela ke beer le dikarata!!
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Aug 23, 2012

januswanus

Don't insult her please
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Aug 23, 2012

candilious

Ja nee always blame it on some1 else ................

Rest in peace little ones
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Aug 23, 2012

THEmadame2B-BBEE

OMG, Limpopo again, haai No, there must be a serious social stratification that has to take place in that province
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Aug 23, 2012

golly459

@MEC Florence Radzilani
You mean criminals had a right to brutally killed those innocent kids because their mothers did not take care of them, that’s bull????? We need justice for those kids, and we need to accept that South Africa is full of criminal’s that they really don’t have hearts.
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I thought those kids were orphan? What kind of Mother Mpho Kekana is, she goes around opening her leg but can’t take care of her kids? What kind of mothers who neglects their kids???.

I will rather suffer to death with my kids unlike giving them as a packets of sweets noo? .SOME MOTHERS DOENST DESERVE TO BE CALLED MOTHERS BUT B#TCHES


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Aug 23, 2012

BRA-MAFUTHA

This is very sad news.
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Aug 23, 2012

Chichi7

We have mastered the art of never taking the blame and it is always the fault of someone else. How then do you resolve or change anything when you take no accountability?
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Aug 23, 2012

Pontshopontsho

Poor woman shame otshwere ke babalase , the police must start doing their jobs and stop killing people
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Aug 23, 2012

Kgaoza606

Fu#kcin bastard. Fact dat the poor woman had surrendered the kids to the center doesn't it already tell u dat she couldn't take care of the? Stop playing politics and get these rapist and murderer before attackin other children...
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