UPDATE: Mother of murdered toddler severely traumatised
The mother of the late toddler who was allegedly murdered by his father on 31 October is still in shock and struggling to come to terms.
The mother of the late toddler who was allegedly murdered by his father on 31 October is still in shock and struggling to come to terms.
“I do not know how it could have happened. I do not know what got into him,” a traumatised Thandi Ngobeni (24) told Rekord when she spoke of her estranged husband, Thabang (25), who pleaded guilty to killing their three-year-old son, Mohau.
Rekord reported earlier that according to family members Thabang apparently took Mohau into a veld near the informal settlement on Bremer Street where the toddler was physically assaulted and stabbed multiple times.
After undergoing troubles they could not resolve, Thabang and Thandi separated some time ago, but are still legally married.
On that fateful day, Thandi was called shortly after 16:00 by her sister and a friend to tell her that something awful has happened to her son.
Although she wanted to go to the settlement where Mohau lived with his father and grandparents, her brother advised against it because he feared for her safety.
It was around 18:00 when a family friend told her that Thabang had killed their son.
“I was so shocked, I did not know what to say or do,” the distraught mother said.
Thandi felt at that stage like she wanted to cry, but could not due to the numbness and sheer disbelief she was experiencing.
She was also infuriated because she thought more could have been done to save Mohau.
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“One question keeps going through my mind over and over again: ‘Why?’” Thandi said.
“All I want is closure.”
Thabang Ngobeni appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on 4 November where he pleaded guilty to murdering his son.
He is set to appear in court again on 11 November to sign his confession statement so that sentencing can commence.
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