Family heartache over rape tragedy

04 October 2020 - 00:00 By orrin singh

A gloomy sky spat rain in KwaMashu, north of Durban, on Friday morning, matching the sombre mood of dozens of people who watched as a tiny coffin bearing the body of four-year-old rape victim Sanelisiwe Mhlongo was lowered into the ground...

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