Sangoma in Court for Murder of Two-Year-Old: Shocking Case Highlights Traditional Pressures on Women

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A sangoma and the mother of a two-year-old girl face charges of premeditated murder after the child was poisoned and buried in a shallow grave. ‘Sangoma’ Sebokoana Khounyana (50), a Lesotho national, appeared in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 2 June 2025. He is charged with murder and human trafficking. According to the NPA, the child’s mother, Kuneuwe Portia Shalaba (32), was already facing charges of human trafficking, consp…

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Sangoma in court for murder of two-year-old: Shocking case highlights traditional pressures on women

Sangoma and mother appear in court for toddler’s brutal murder

In a terrifying case of premeditated murder and human trafficking, Kuneuwe Portia Shalaba (32), the mother of two-year-old Kutlwano Shalaba, and Sebokoana Khounyana (50), a Lesotho national sangoma, appeared before the Vanderbijlpark magistrates’ court on Monday. The charges stem from Kutlwano’s tragic death, allegedly the result of a horrifying act her mother planned. Court documents state that on November 10, 2024, Shalaba went to Khounyana an…

Sangoma says mother told him to kill baby girl

By Doreen Mokgolo Sebokoana Khounyana claimed the mother was tired of hiding her daughter’s gender and wanted her dead. The baby was allegedly poisoned, buried in a shallow grave, and her remains are now being tested. A sangoma has claimed in court that the mother of two-year-old Kutlwano Shalaba asked him to kill the child because she was a girl. Sebokoana Khounyana, aged 50, from Lesotho, appeared in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates’ Court on …

Arrested Mother Who Poisoned Her Baby Girl, Sangoma Accomplice, Remanded In Custody - The Bulrushes

Vanderbijlpark – Dark arts dabbling 50-year-old sangoma, Sebokoana Khounyana, accused of premeditated murder and human trafficking of baby Kutlwano Shalaba has appeared in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court, Gauteng. The Lesotho national is jointly accused with 32-year-old Kuneuwe Portia Shalaba, the mother of the murdered two-year-old baby. Narrating events leading to the arrests and appearance in court of the two accused, National Prosecuti…