Overview
- The pair briefly appeared in Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court and will stay in jail until a formal bail bid next week after the state said it will oppose release.
- Prosecutors charged Nkgalakana Vinolia Mabusela, 52, and Lesiba Jacob Ledwaba, 55, with child neglect based on alleged poor care over four months, not with the child’s disappearance.
- Police say the toddler vanished from the grandparents’ Ga-Mabuela home during the night, and the grandmother later found a window open and the bed empty.
- Investigators opened housebreaking and kidnapping cases and assigned the Mokopane Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, with the provincial police chief saying teams are working around the clock.
- Officers asked anyone with information to call Crime Stop at 08600 10111 or the investigating officer at 082 319 9448.