Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, and Gauteng Safety and Security MEC, Faith Mazibuko, are expected to visit the family of Bokgabo Poo, a four-year-old from Wattville, Ekurhuleni, who was discovered killed in Tamboville last week.
According to the provincial government, a “massive search” was started by the police and the community after the child’s disappearance was reported on Monday of the previous week.
“On Tuesday… the leg of a child was discovered in a shallow grave in the yard of a house in Tamboville, followed by the discovery of a mutilated body a few metres away from the house,” the provincial government said. “A multi-disciplinary team consisting of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, forensic experts, the Occult Related Crimes Unit and local detectives led to the arrest of a 30-year-old male suspect in Boksburg North on
The suspect is set to appear before the Benoni Magistrate’s Court today on kidnapping and murder allegations.