The 26-year-old Johannes Bafana Mans appeared before the Kgomotso Magistrate's Court on Monday, facing charges of rape and murder after he was arrested last week following the discovery of the 4-year-old Tshimologo Lotshabeng’s naked body and clothes in bushes at Kgomotso Village near Taung. 

OFM News earlier reported that it is alleged the suspect is a colleague and one of the people who accompanied Tshimologo’s mother from a local tavern to her friend’s house - where she was sleeping. The suspect allegedly waited for the mother to fall asleep, then kidnapped her daughter and took her to the nearby bushes where he allegedly raped and murdered her. 

Mans remains in custody until his next court appearance. Police spokesperson, Amanda Funani, meanwhile confirms investigations continue.

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