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Two women appear in court for deaths of Laudium five kids

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The charred bodies of the five children were found hugging each other in death after their shack went up in flames.

Shacks destroyed by a fire are seen during a visit by Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Infrastructure Development Lebogang Maile at Itireleng Informal Settlement near Laudium, Pretoria, 28 August 2023. The fire destroyed multiple shacks and claimed the lives of five young children. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizennear Laudium allegedly responsible for the deaths of five children in a shack fire are facing five counts of culpable homicide.

Lindiwe Machaka, 39, and Zanele Machaka, 37, appeared at the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The charred bodies of the five children, aged one, two, four, five and six, were found hugging each other in death after theNational Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the women have been remanded in custody.

Zanele is a mother to three of the children. It is alleged that on the evening of 27 August 2023, the

 

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