US EditionOlorato Mongale: Suspects Previously Arrested for Kidnapping and Robbery, Now Linked to Crime Syndicate
- South African police named three suspects in the murder of 30-year-old student Olorato Mongale, whose body was found on May 29, 2025, in Lombardy West, north of Johannesburg.
- Mongale went missing after meeting a man she recently met at a Bloemfontein mall and was last seen entering a white VW Polo with fake plates in Johannesburg.
- Police recovered the Polo, which contained blood traces, at an auto repair facility in Phoenix, Durban, and have detained an elderly man connected to the car, while two other suspects remain at large and are considered dangerous.
- Brigadier Athlenda Mathe cautioned the public against approaching the suspects, shared their photographs to aid the investigation, and noted that National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola expressed appreciation for the efforts of the investigation team.
- Mongale's murder increased public outrage over ongoing femicide and violence against women in South Africa, where a 2020 study found one woman dies every eight hours by an intimate partner.
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Car allegedly used in murder of Olorato Mongale found in KZN
Police have found the wanted VW Polo that was allegedly used in the murder of 30-year-old Johannesburg student Olorato Mongale. Mongale was brutally murdered at the weekend and her body was found at a sidewalk in Lombardy, Johannesburg, two hours after she informed her friend that she was going on a date with a man called John. The Sowetan reported that Mongale had met the man at a mall in Bloemfontein, Free State, last week and following days …
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