24 October 2014 R1-20/FREE
Mother disappears, child abducted When she returned to Mookgophong on 6 October, Kedibone was gone.
Eleven year-old Kedibone Makamedi, who has been missing since early October.
An eleven year-old girl from Mookgophong, Kedibone Makamedi, has been missing since 6 October after allegedly being abducted by her stepfather, George Mashilo. Kedibone’s mother, Maggi Makamedi, left Kedibone in the care of neighbours on 25 September in order to attend a funeral with her other child, a six year-old boy. According to Captain Elias Sekanka, the new head of detectives at Mookgophong, she never arrived at the funeral and it is not clear where she was. On her return to Moogophong on the 6th of October, she found that Kedibone was already gone. The neighbours told Makamedi that Kedibone’s father had picked her up, and Makamedi reported the case to the police. A man who knows the family, Lucas Legodi, said that the police
initially did not want to open a case of kidnapping. He approached Phillip van Staden of AfriForum for help. “After Van Staden spoke to them, they reacted,” said Legodi. The stepfather was contacted. He allegedly confirmed that he had picked up the child from the neighbours and that she had been staying with him, but he promised to return her. The father allegedly then committed suicide on 8 of October in Mokopane, however, and did not mention Kedibone in his suicide note. His mother told the police that Kedibone was never there. Makamedi was arrested for child neglect and is still in custody. No trace has been found of Kedibone and the SAPS are requesting that anyone with information phone Captain Senkaka on (014) 743 9000.
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