Girl (10) raped and strangled – Sowetan

The body of a missing 10-year-old girl was found in an open veld by a man who had gone to throw away rubbish yesterday.

Mbali Mathebula of Orange Farm in the Vaal was last seen alive on   Sunday afternoon while playing with   friends outside her home.

Yesterday, her naked body was found in an open veld. she had been raped and strangled.

A man the family regards as a relative because they share the same surname has been arrested for the murder.

The family did not immediately report the child missing because they thought she was with her sister who had gone to Palm Springs, south-east of Johannesburg.

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