‘Children may not be abused’
I nearly fainted when I saw the whip marks across this child’s back.
DEAR Editor,-
A while ago I read about the street child that was allegedly whipped and wonder whether there is a connection to what I experienced? The article states that people at the police station heard the whip and the child screaming, which nobody could deny!
Recently I stopped at traffic lights and a small boy asked for money to buy bread before turning to the other one standing next to him to tell him to turn around. “Look at my brother’s back”, he said. The boy was standing without a shirt and was so thin, I could see his ribs.
I nearly fainted when I saw the whip marks across this child’s back. The lights turned green and I headed towards Tweni, but was only able to make a U-turn at the Port Shepstone Country Club turn-off.
I went back because I wanted to take the boy to see a doctor, but when I got there they were gone. I am so traumatised that I keep seeing this child in front of me and thought maybe if I write this letter, it will help me to get it out of my system.
What chance does a small child have against a grown man with a whip? What does the ‘law’ say because as far as I know, children may not be abused.
CONCERNED
Anerley
