Johannesburg - Muti killings are suspected to be behind the murder and mutilation of the bodies of two young boys, aged five and six, who were discovered yesterday morning in two separate places in Soweto after they went missing on Wednesday night.
This has led the community of White City in Soweto to live in fear as they do not know who is behind the killings that have sparked outrage across the Rockville, White City, and Mofolo South communities.
It is reported that the two toddlers, identified as Nqobile Zulu, aged five, and Tshiamo Rabanye, aged six, were playing with one of their friends when they were allegedly approached by unknown men travelling in an unidentified car just after 8pm on Wednesday.
Nqobile’s body was found in White City, while the second body, belonging to Tshiamo was found a few kilometres away in Rockville at Thokoza Park. Both bodies were missing their private parts, noses and lips — resulting in suspected muti or ritual killings.
Speaking to the media, the chairperson of the CPF, Melusi Hlatshwayo, and leader of community patrollers in Mofolo South and White City, said the search party conducted a widespread search across the two townships, including Mofolo South and White City.
“The two kids who were discovered this morning were reported missing from last night just after 8pm. We went on a search for the two kids just after load shedding happened, but we could not find them. This morning, we continued with our search and went to all the hotspots that we knew.