Mpumalanga Police have opened an inquest after the remains of a one-year-old toddler, Smangaliso Mokoena were retrieved from a pit toilet in Bushbuckridge.
The mother of the child allegedly told her family members that she disposed of the child in the pit toilet.
Police Spokesperson Donald Mdluli has confirmed that the mother of the child has been taken in for questioning.
We are waiting for the postmortem to be conducted somewhere this week. There was also a report that was given that the mother was taken in for questioning. However, we believe that the direction will be obtained through this investigations, part of it which will be the forensic. However, the police are still on the case and are investigating, says Mdluli.
Meanwhile, Limpopos Social Development MEC, Florence Radzilani, has expressed concerns on the gruesome crime incidents in the province. She was reacting after a one-year-old child was strangled to death allegedly by a close relative at Zuma View in Bela Bela.
