Siyanda Magagu, 35, kidnapped his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, Anganam Magxwalisa on Father’s Day, and hung him to die on a tree in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Per police report, Magagu, who was in a relationship with Anganam’s mother, took the child from his 13-year-old cousin, saying he was going to buy him sweets at a local spaza shop.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
This allegedly happened after he had argued with the child’s mother … Magagu, a taxi driver has since been remanded in custody.
According to the family’s spokesperson, Babalwa Goroleki, Magagu had been in the child’s life since he was two months old.
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Eastern Cape NPA spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali said Magagu appeared on charges of kidnapping and murder at the Stutterheim Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
Provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said the mother contacted the police to report that Anganam was missing.
Police found his body hanging from a tree a few hours later.
