‘I miss my mom and my dad’: Daughter’s heartbreaking voice note as Mogashoa killers face sentencing

The pain of losing both parents is still raw for the young daughter of Sabeilewe and Lucky Mogashoa, whose emotional voice note has emerged as their killers face sentencing.

“I miss my mom and my dad.” A heartbreaking voice note from the young daughter of murdered police couple Sabeilewe and Lucky Mogashoa has laid bare the pain she still carries, as their killers face sentencing.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) said the family has given permission for the recording to be shared as the men convicted of the couple’s murders prepare to be sentenced.

The officers were murdered in front of their two young children in March 2022.

The child in the voice recording was just one year old when her parents were killed. Her brother was eight at the time.

In the recording, the child tells her grandmother that she misses her parents and had been experiencing stomach pain because she was about to cry.

Her grandmother then reassures her that police had arrested the people responsible for her parents’ deaths.

SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the voice note highlighted the human cost of violent crime.

“Behind every investigation is a family waiting for answers. Behind every arrest is a victim whose life was taken and loved ones whose lives were forever changed.”

Mathe said the recording was a painful reminder of why police work mattered and why the pursuit of justice must continue.

“We share it with the permission of the family and with the utmost respect for the children, their family and the memory of Sabeilewe and her husband.”

In the recording, the child can be heard telling her grandmother that she feels sad after drinking all her hot chocolate.

“I haven't shared the good news with you. How the police arrested those people that killed them and locked them in jail. They are locked in jail right now.”

The child asks whether they are still in jail, and her grandmother confirms that they are.