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‘WE’VE HAD NO CLOSURE’

THERE are so many things they miss about their sister – her kindness and willingness to help, and the hearty meals she liked to cook for the people she loved.

Even though it’s been two years since Babita Deokaran was gunned down in the driveway of her Joburg home, her siblings say that they and her teenage daughter are still reeling from the devastating loss.

“It still feels like a dream,” says Babita’s brother, Rakesh Deokaran. There are times when it feels like she could walk through the door at any moment, he adds. “We just long to hear her voice.”

Babita’s murder sent shockwaves through SA in August 2021 as it became

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