Former Durban Metro policeman Ndumiso Khumalo 30, accused of killing Zinhle Muthwa 29, has been denied bail at the Umbumbulu Magistrates court.
The police in Limpopo say they cannot rule out the possibility of ritual motivated killing in the murder of the eleven-year-old girl at Ndengeza outside Giyani.
An investigating officer attached to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has been fatally shot during a robbery at his house at Jakkalsdans in Cullinan, Pretoria.
Western Cape police say the bodies of two boys aged, 12 and seven, have been found in two separate cases between the reeds on Kronendal Farm in Hout Bay, and in Tulbagh in the Cape Winelands.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the safety of women and children remains a priority for the police.