Tshepisong community traumatised after body of missing boy found in dam

JOHANNESBURG - The community of Tshepisong in Roodepoort has been left traumatised by the death of a three-year-old boy who went missing on Sunday.

Mojalefa Savhuli was found floating in a dam 2km away from the local sports field where he was last seen.

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His body was positively identified by his mother on Thursday morning.

The community, which has been helping in the search for the boy, said they were hoping to find the little boy alive.

Resident Nonhle Sithole spoke to EWN: "I felt so much pain. The child is small, really small, he is three years old. The way that I feel is that if the door-to-door was done from day one, as the child was placed there, he was with someone this whole time, he was placed there yesterday."