Mother of raped, murdered girl (7) recounts intense trauma

Seated closest to the dock, with a barrier of wood and glass between her and her daughter’s convicted kidnapper, murderer and rapist, Nondumiso Khumalo listened intently to the reading of her victim impact statement in court on Monday.

Shock, disbelief, confusion, mental and emotional instability as well as sleepless nights, some marked by haunting dreams of her crying child, are some of the harrowing experiences borne from the death of her child, Zanokuhle (7) in July…

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