Body of missing girl found in Malamulele
The mutilated body of a 16-year-old girl has been found in the bushes next to the Shingwedzi river near Malamulele.
Limpopo police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo says Rithandzu Manganyi went missing on Sunday.
"Her dismembered body was found by young boys when they went for fishing in the same river," says Mojapelo.
"The motive for this murder is unknown but ritual murder cannot be ruled out."
Mojapelo says similar incidents in which people, especially women, go missing and later found dead have become a worrying trend, especially in the Vhembe and Mopano Districts.
Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, says they are working around the clock to solve the crimes.
"The police will not rest until all perpetrators and their accomplices are brought to book," says General Ledwaba.