The 27-year-old mother was found stabbed to death, and the body of her daughter was found on the bathroom floor. They went missing on Thursday, after reportedly going to visit someone they knew.
Police in Cape Town are investigating a double murder after the bodies of a woman, 27, and a girl, 7, were discovered in a house in Belhar on Friday afternoon.
Netwerk24 named the victims as Altecia Kortjie and her daughter, Raynecia. The publication said the pair, who lived in Leiden, Delft, had gone missing on Thursday. It is believed they went to visit someone in Belhar.When Netwerk24 called Booysen for comment, a man who answered the phone said the house is being rented out.
On Saturday, President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a statement condemning the “surge in murders of women and children”. “According to the SAPS there has been an increase in violent crime, especially murders, since we entered alert level 3. We need to understand what factors are fuelling this terrible trend and, as society as a whole, address them urgently,” the president said.
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