A case has been registered at the Mondlo police station after a woman was caught on video brutally assaulting a nine-year-old boy.
The MEC for Social Development, Weziwe Thusi, has expressed horror over a video showing the brutal assault of a nine-year-old by his neighbour.
The woman accused the boy of stealing a cellphone and money from her.
In the video, the woman, who also carries a firearm, ties the little boy to a pole with a rope and beats him up with a sjambok and later a stick. She also strangles him. The woman threatens a neighbour who tries to stop the brutal assault.
MEC Thusi said: “I am horrified, I can’t believe that a woman can show such cruelty to a child. The assault is brutal and it was clearly meant to cause serious damage to the child. I honestly hope she is charged with attempted murder because when you tie a rope around a child and pull that hard you are clearly trying to kill.”
The woman has been arrested after the boy’s foster mother opened a case against her. The boy has been removed and taken to a place of safety.
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