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Pontso Mohlanka, accused of murder, in court.
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- Pontsho Mohlanka, 29, dropped his application for bail at Vereeniging Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
- She is accused of murdering a six-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl at Orange Farm in September.
- Residents had reportedly promised to take the law into their own hands if they released her on bail.
Murder suspect Pontsho Mohlanka, 29, dropped her request for bail at Vereeniging Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
This, according to Newzroom Afrika and eNCA, reporting from the court on Tuesday.
Mohlanka was being charged with the murder of a six-year-old boy, Simphiwe Mgcina, and an eight-year-old girl, Mpho Makondo, whose bodies were discovered meters away in the early morning of September 19, a few hours after the incident. Children were reported missing at the Orange Farm Police Station.
The investigation led police to Soweto, where Mohlanka was found and arrested, said police spokesman Brig. Mathapelo Peters.
According to Peters, Mohlanka was arrested in April for the murder of another boy, seven-year-old Mzwandile Zitho, who was her neighbor, after the boy’s body was found in their home.
The boy had been reported missing earlier that day on April 15, and the search ultimately led to Mohlanka’s home, where the boy’s body was found in a refrigerator in his tavern in July.
Peters said the case was temporarily dropped pending the outcome of a toxicology report. Mohlanka was released on September 16, three days before the murder of the two children.
According to eNCA, Orange Farm residents vowed to take the law into their own hands if Mohlanka was released on bail.
– Compiled by Riaan Grobler
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