Footage Of Woman ‘Beating Nursery Children’ Goes Viral
One clip shows a woman shouting at a girl who appears to have vomited, before hitting her on the head.
The footage was filmed in Johannesburg a year ago but has re-emerged.
As well as hitting the young child, the woman is also seen smacking her on her bottom and repeatedly asking her: “Why are you vomiting? Why?”
Twitter users were quick to condemn the woman. One person replied “my heart sank”, while another posted: “Wow you don’t understand how much this brings tears to my eyes, poor baby.”
Some also questioned why the person filming failed to step in and stop the beatings.
One of the strongest social media responses came from the regional education minister, Panyaza Lesufi, who was tagged in the video.
“Disgusting!!! I couldn’t even finish watching it!” he wrote, before tagging his colleagues and adding: “Let’s hunt this creche! I am [on] standby to pounce just get details.”
The South African Department of Social Development also tweeted about the incident, saying they “condemn the abuse of children” before appealing for more information.
The woman has since been arrested amid investigations into the incident, according to enca.com.
The website quoted South African Police Service saying that the woman was arrested a week ago and appeared in court on 28 March and was released on bail while further investigations are underway.
She was due to return to court on 7th May 2019.
