JOHANNESBURG - The four-month-old baby allegedly killed by a self-proclaimed pastor was laid to rest on Wednesday.
The so-called pastor, Caiphus Mkhawane and his two wives Ntsako Mathebula and Amanda Mnguni, appeared in the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
The trio face charges linked to the infant’s death., while Mkhawane is also accused of raping the baby’s mother. The baby’s body was discovered in a shallow grave near the Hennops River last week.
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According to reports, the mother had accompanied Mkhawane and one of his wives to the river for a ritual, during which she was allegedly raped and tied up. She managed to escape and seek help.
Mkhawane was later arrested in Diepsloot.
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