Maternal filicide: why mothers kill their children
Recently reports of mothers killing their children have surfaced, highlighting ‘maternal filicide’, which experts believe is related to mental illness
14 September 2023 - 21:10
This week, an Eastern Cape woman, Veziwe Ntsizela, 41, murdered her children by poison and then also took her life...
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