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A South African woman was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter, allegedly to a traditional healer for her eyes and skin, highlighting the rising issue of child kidnapping in the country.
A South African mother and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment for trafficking her 6-year-old daughter, who remains missing, after selling her to a traditional healer for 20,000 rand; the case shocked the nation and highlighted issues of child trafficking and abuse.
Ten members of the same family were fatally shot outside Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. The gunmen stormed the family's homestead in iMbali township early in the morning hours. Police arrested two suspects and killed one following a shootout. The majority of murders in South Africa are not crime-related, but result from arguments and misunderstandings, with gun availability making it easier for these disputes to end in violence.