{"id":964319,"date":"2024-07-04T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=964319"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:25:34","slug":"childrens-bodies-exhumed-in-pienaar-families-demand-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/childrens-bodies-exhumed-in-pienaar-families-demand-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s bodies exhumed in Pienaar, families demand justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bodies of two young children have been exhumed in Pienaar, Mpumalanga. The body of six-year-old Junior Mabandla was exhumed from a graveyard in the early hours of Thursday morning, while the burnt body of three-year-old Peaceful Khoza was found in a shallow grave less than 500m\u00a0 from the graveyard.<\/p>\n<p>The little girl went missing on Wednesday, while Mabandla has been missing for a month.<\/p>\n<p>An 18-year-old suspect was arrested before he could point to the two crime scenes. He is expected to be charged with double murder and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>The family was distraught after seeing the grim discovery of their missing three-year-old daughter. Peaceful Khoza was killed, burnt and buried in a shallow grave. She was exhumed behind the house.<\/p>\n<p>The devastated family says the suspect was known to the family. \u201cIt is very painful and hard for the family,\u201d says Uncle Sikhumbuzo Khoza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:{GRAPHIC CONTENT} 18-year old found burning clothes of 3-year-old girl in Pienaar, Mpumalanga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iP5CtN0vq7Q?si=GcnL3sOFjwpfOFiu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After being accosted and apprehended by community members, the 18-year-old suspect pointed the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Thursday morning, the remains of Junior Mabandla were found buried on top of another grave.<\/p>\n<p>Mabandla family identified the 6-year-old. He was mutilated and found in a shopping bag.<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Thapelo Sishaba says, \u201cWe are pleased we finally have the remains of our little boy, now we can bury him with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community assaulted the suspect. He sustains injuries and remains under police guard. Once the suspect is charged, police say he will face double murder and kidnapping among others.<\/p>\n<p>And the families want justice for their little ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family of missing Mpumalanga boy wants case prioritised:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g3nDXHJaZK8?si=D4WgeiM43J9Xbwz_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The body of two young children have been exhumed in Pienaar, Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":964320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[415,416],"class_list":["post-964319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-mpumalanga","tag-pienaar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}