GRAPHIC CONTENT | Missing body parts stall funeral arrangements

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:00]A family in mourning and a community in shock.

[00:00:07]>> [screaming] >> THEY'RE ALL SEEKING ANSWERS following the discovery of Balisa Sediso's mutilated body.

[00:00:14]Her mother, Mpho, is struggling to accept her sudden brutal death.

[00:00:20]The 53-year-old says she now has to take care of Balisa's two daughters. She revealed that before her death, Balisa was threatened after witnessing hidden dead bodies.

[00:00:41]Before Balisa died, she once came home with scars on her head, missing some hair and very scared.

[00:00:49]While smoking, and her cigarette fell, upon picking it, she saw four dead bodies under a bed, and she wouldn't say where that happened.

[00:00:59]Then that person realized that Balisa saw the dead bodies under a bed and told her she will also end up there.

[00:01:11]At least if we can find her other body parts, because right now, that's the most important thing that we need.

[00:01:18]Once we get her missing body parts, we can have a way forward and give her a dignified burial. The brutal murder is not the first in the community. The community is very much angry, shocked, and devastated. This incident is not the first one.

[00:01:39]Last year at around this month, I think it was April, there was a body that was found chopped. The head was not found like this one.

[00:01:53]This one, the head is not found, arms as well as the feet, legs of Balisa are missing.

[00:02:03]Which we want to believe that the police are actually investigating.

[00:02:10]Residents now fear for their safety and want the immediate arrest of the alleged perpetrators.

[00:02:18]It is so sad because a body was found here last week on Tuesday.

[00:02:24]And then it had no head, no legs, no hands. So it is shocking for the community. So it it has very much.

[00:02:37]There's no mother who would be happy to see their child killed in such a manner.

[00:02:42]And as women in Kingsway, we have to take a stand regarding our girl children that are getting killed.

[00:02:49]We calling upon all our law enforcement agencies to act swiftly and decisively against the perpetrators to to install justice. Gauteng police say they are investigating a case of murder.

[00:03:06]Refilwe Mekoa, SABC News, Kingsway, Benoni.