SPECIAL REPORT | How many more must die?
At a rate of about 3 a day, 549 children, some not even a year old, were murdered in the first half of this year. Sowetan brings to you a special report on this tragic state of affairs.
Unforgivable crime
Stop killing our children. This is a call from civil rights organisations who say the brutal murders and violence against children in the country must end and that harsher sentences must be handed down to perpetrators.
Family's unanswered questions
Lebo Mokgako said the family was grateful for support from community members and the public, but was struggling to come to terms with her cruel death.
“We want to know why. We’re not coping because what happened is inhumane. How can you mutilate and kill a four-year-old?
Killings must end now
Yet another life of a child is lost in a senseless killing of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo, whose body was found in an open veld in Tamboville, near Benoni, on the East Rand last week.
A shameful kiddies death factory
‘We want to know where Bokgabo’s other body parts are'
The father of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo on Monday tried to accost the man suspected of her murder in the dock at the ...
East London man arrested for murder of girlfriend's three-year-old toddler
A 37-year-old East London man has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend’s three-year-old son.
Murdered 17-year-old Promise Tsatsi wanted to be a doctor
The slain teenager was preparing to cook a family meal before she walked out of the home to meet her boyfriend and was ...
Man who raped, killed three-year-old girl sentenced to 25 years in jail
A 29-year-old man who raped a three-year-old child in Bela Bela before killing her in 2020 was sentenced to 25 years' ...
Missing five-year-old found dead, some body parts missing
A missing five-year-old boy has been found dead and mutilated in an open veld in Centurion, police said on Monday.
Tears flow as tavern owner goes down for murder
A packed gallery exploded into ululations, but it was the tears of two protagonists – convicted triple murderer Pontsho ...
‘Orange Farm kids were killed to grow tavern business’
The three children killed in Orange Farm more than two years ago were used as sacrificial lambs intended to grow tavern ...