A 40-year-old suspect has been arrested for kidnapping and killing 26-year-old woman Thobile Venolia Skhosana.
According to Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, Thobile’s body was found in a previously decomposed state in a river in Khathazweni outside the Hlogotlou police area on Thursday morning.
Thobile disappeared on Saturday, December 31, 2022.
A missing persons file was opened at the Hlogotlou Police Station, and the police investigation revealed that he was last seen in the village of Holnek in the Zaaiplaas police area where he attended an event.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Nebo Magistrate’s Court on Friday, facing charges of kidnapping and murder.
More costs could be added, said Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo.
The police investigation continues.
‘Perpetrators should rot in prison’
In a statement on Thursday evening, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo said the perpetrators lured the victim to a bush near Sehlakwane village in Elias Motsoaledi, on December 31, where he was raped and strangled to death.
“The lifeless body of Fighter Thobile was found dumped on Thursday morning in Sehlakwane village not far from the local sports ground where he was kidnapped, [allegedly] by a 40-year-old while attending a New Year’s Eve party,” the party said.
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“We condemn in the strongest way the manifestation of violence and femicide based on gender, which continues to anger our province. Women face the quadruple challenge of inequality, unemployment, poverty, exacerbated by GBVF, wars organized by their own partners or people who are supposed to protect them.
“The police have once again failed to find Thobile alive, although we are asking for maximum resources to be used to help trace Thobile’s whereabouts. The EFF calls on the state to impose the harshest punishment on the perpetrators who robbed Thobile of his life. The shameless perpetrators must rot in jail.
“The EFF sends its sympathies and condolences to the family, friends, relatives and fellow fighters of Thobile.”
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My condolences
Meanwhile, those who knew Thobile have taken to social media to express their condolences following the discovery of his body.