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Family spokesman Eric Peete, Makondo’s father’s uncle Moeketsi Malajtie, said the children were best friends and spent most of their days playing together.
On Friday around 6.30pm, Makondo’s aunt, Malehlohonolo Malatjie, went to a room on the corner of his street in Extension 4.
Just 150 meters from the house, the children used to go with Malatjie when she did her hair there.
Within minutes of their treatment, the power went out, so Malajtie thought it best to accompany the children back home, as it was too dark to play outside.
Peete said: “He was three houses from the family home when he stopped and saw the children entering the property. Once they were inside, she returned to the living room.
“We think what happened then was that Mpho wanted to take Simphiwe home and they left again.”
When Malajtie came home, Makondo’s grandfather, Thabisang Malatjie, the head of the family, asked where the children were.
“That’s when we realized they were missing,” Peete said.
“The family went to Simphiwe’s house in a panic, but they weren’t there. The community came in great numbers and searched everywhere near the house.
“At 2.30 am on Saturday, the children were reported missing at the police station. The police acted immediately and began searching. At 4 in the morning they said that they could not continue searching with us because the area we were starting to enter had suffered a total blackout and was too dark to work. “
The family returned home to regroup.
Phindile Peete, Moeketsi Malajtie’s aunt, said on Saturday morning around 5.45am, a community member shouted in the family room “come quickly.”
“I tried to run fast because the little kids were in front of me and I didn’t want them to see what the community had found,” Phindile said.
The destination was a popular tavern on Extension 4. The same tavern where the body of 5-year-old Mzwandile Zitho was discovered on April 15.
“The street was full of people. I saw the body of a child [Mncina was found first] covered by the community on the lawn in front of the tavern. “
Phindile was thrilled when she remembered how Makondo’s body was discovered 100 meters away.
“I can still see it in my head. It is so painful.
“There were screams and cries, ‘they have killed her. She was hidden after she was thrown under a large rock. I had no clothes on. “
