SAPS Arrests Suspect in Connection with Murder of Mamelodi Cousins Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga
SAPS Arrests Suspect in Connection with Murder of Mamelodi Cousins Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga
The South African Police Service had made progress after two young women who were cousins were killed in Tshwane
The Cape Flats, low-lying townships outside Cape Town, are hotspots for murder and
The bodies of the women were found on 26 October 2025, after one of them allegedly got into a fatal argument with her boyfriend
The police arrested a suspect, and it emerged that a third person was shot during the incident and is recovering in the hospital
Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, covered a range of criminal activities, including cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, police investigations, police shootouts, and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.
MAMELODI, TSHWANE — The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Tshwane arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of two women who were gunned down in Mamelodi East on 26 October 2025.
According to Jacaranda News, a joint team of police detectives from the Gauteng Provincial Serious and Violent Crime Unit, detectives from Mamelodi East, and Provincial Crime Intelligence officers located the suspect at a filling station in Tshwane. He will appear before the Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court on 19 October.
What happened to the two women?
Baleseng Moramaga and her cousin, Tshiamo Moramaga, were allegedly gunned down after one of them got into an argument that went wrong. According to an eyewitness, the argument was with the boyfriend of one of the two cousins.
Tshiamo’s mother, Itumeleng, said that the deaths devastated her. She said that the two were extremely close and even wore the same clothes. Itunmeleng mentioned that Baleseng was her sister’s child. Tshiamo was a beauty therapist, and Baleseng was a teaching student.
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