{"id":10273,"date":"2013-09-13T08:13:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T08:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2013-09-13T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T08:13:32","slug":"provincial-government-laments-barbarity-of-s-africas-child-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10273","title":{"rendered":"Provincial government laments &#8216;barbarity&#8217; of S. Africa&#8217;s child murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rape_girls_feet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6705\" alt=\"rape_girls_feet\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rape_girls_feet-300x190.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rape_girls_feet-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rape_girls_feet.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Gauteng government on Wednesday condemned the murder of children in the province after two girls&#8217; bodies were found earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;What kind of a society are we who allow such acts of barbarity to occur in our midst?&#8221; premier Nomvula Mokonyane asked in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is time we, the government and communities, make this province a no-go area for child murderers and abusers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, police said a four-year-old girl was found hanged in Katlehong, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The half-naked body was found by a passer-by hanging from a tree in an open veld, said Colonel Lungelo Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a separate incident also on Monday, a five-year-old girl was found dead beneath a pile of rubble in Diepsloot, northern Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was thought to have been suffocated with a plastic bag, said Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mokonyane sent the province&#8217;s condolences to the girls&#8217; families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the provincial government was concerned about the levels of child abuse and murders that had taken place in Gauteng in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who witnessed child abuse needed to report the incidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Just as the saying goes, &#8216;it takes a community to raise a child,&#8217; it also takes a community to protect a child,&#8221; Mokonyane said. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng government on Wednesday condemned the murder of children in the province after two girls&#8217; bodies were found earlier this week. &#8220;What kind of a society are we who allow such acts of barbarity to occur in our midst?&#8221; premier Nomvula Mokonyane asked in a statement. &#8220;It is time we, the government and communities, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Provincial government laments &#8216;barbarity&#8217; of S. 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