Four-year-old Mia Botha went missing from a playground close to her home on 25 September 2022 and was found brutally murdered in Nederburg, Paarl a day later, on 26 September 2022. More than a year has passed, and no arrests have been made, in fact the forensic investigation is still incomplete.

Mia’s case was assigned to the SAPS Paarl East and, subsequently, Child Protection Services for investigation. However, these units refuse to give any answers or updates to Mia’s mother, Udene, family or Action Society. Action Society has previously (and more than once) escalated the concerns to Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile, Western Cape Provincial Commissioner of Police, but has not received any feedback.

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