An
advocacy
group
in
South
Africa
is
mourning
an
11-year-old
girl,
Boitumelo
Ranyamatsane,
11,
who
was
allegedly
rvped
and
murdered
by
her
50-year-old
neighbour.
The
group
in
a
statement
on
Tuesday,
January
7,
2024,
said
Boitumelo’s
lifeless
body
was
found
on
the
railway
tracks
in
Bohlokong,
Free
State,
on
29
December
2024.
It’s
alleged
that
the
suspect
had
called
the
deceased
to
his
home
and
sent
her
to
buy
him
cigarettes.
She
was
laid
to
rest
on
January
5.
A
journalist
on
Tuesday,
January
identified
the
suspect
as
Dingani
Mbhele.
“It
is
alleged
that
Boitumelo
was
raped
and
murdered
by
her
neighbour,
50,
who
was
arrested
after
her
body
was
discovered,”
the
group
said
in
a
statement
read.
“The
neighbour
allegedly
strangled
and
brutally
killed
Boitumelo,
as
she
was
found
with
an
open
wound
on
her
neck.
“We
are
heartbroken
over
the
loss
of
such
a
beautiful
soul,
and
our
thoughts
are
with
her
family.
Fly
high,
little
sister.”
Meanwhile,
the
suspect
appeared
before
the
Bethlehem
Magistrate
court
on
Thursday,
02
January
2025,
facing
a
charge
of
murder.
The
Free
State
Provincial
Commissioner,
Lieutenant
General
Baile
Motswenyane,
has
sent
her
condolences
to
the
family
for
their
loss
and
assured
them
that
justice
will
prevail.
“The
crimes
against
children
won’t
be
tolerated,”
Motswenyane
said.