South Africa child homicides: More than 500 children murdered in six months

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The murder of a four-year-old girl in South Africa has highlighted a shockingly high number of child murders.
An estimated 500 children have been murdered in the first half of this year alone.

Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.


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[shadabahmed]

Oh My God
Oh My God

No media covered it
Thank you very much Al Jazira

What’s been happening in a wonderful country like South Africa 🇿🇦

[niara]

Who in the right mind could do this to a little girl?

[jayjacobs]

Parents please take care of ur kids. No chd shld roam in the street alone, esp in that country.

[tlhogid]

I will never bring a soul onto this sick world.
😢

[Jass-kf]

OMG 😱 HOW ARE THEY DOING LIKE THIS NO HEART NO MIND ONLY DEVIL INSIDE. MY DEEPLY CONDOLENCES WITH HER PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS REST IN PEACE ANGEL 🕊️❤️🙏🏻

[roslynagaltsova]

Good god! My heart breaks for this baby, 😢😢 so painful for the parents 😢

[taniaherbst]

The body parts are used for muthi, medicine used in black magic, happens all the time here in SA, we the public have had enough, too tragic, my heart goes out to the Ndlovu family, how horrific

[funkyboodah]

wow this is dark. What is happening over there?

[brownbeauty]

Sending prayers and condolences to all the families. Rest in peace to these innocent, beautiful babies and children 🕊❤🕊🕊❤

[qmrn]

Is this done for magic rituals like in Uganda? It's so shocking and disturbing. How can anyone bring themselves to harm a baby like that?

I hope that people will stop letting kids outside by themselves. They should know better as they're putting their kids in harm's way.

[FitzroySymisterArt]

Is this only happening in the black communities? Maybe that’s why there is no justice 😢 and it seem the police do not care so much

[Positive-Energy-Vibes]

😢😢 sad baby organs taken to rich family alcoholic mother and father to fix damaged own baby organs 😢😢

[sladetuner]

when you realize that South Africa was ''Better Off'' under apartheid

[oceanwave]

China/Singapore's model is great in general, but particularly great in case of chaotic places, like this. In Singapore, crimes related to drugs are punished with extreme measures.

[tobiisiba]

Meanwhile Trevor Noah is America lecturing American about morality.