Ganyesa- The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West province is disappointed that a white person has not been arrested after he assaulted a nine year-old child on 28th May 2014 and putting the child in a room with snakes.

COSATU leadership has visited the child on Tuesday and found him still traumatised and still in a bad state; and the police has not yet arrested the alleged perpetrator.

COSATU is informed that this is the third time that the same person has assaulted a person and no arrest made due to his relation with the police management in the area.

COSATU has addressed the community which wanted to burn the property of this person and pleaded for calm, but COSATU cannot guarantee that calm will be there after the leadership has left and, should anything happen there, no one should be blamed except the police.

“COSATU calls on the senior management of the police to make sure that the person is arrested by the end of business today and be prosecuted; afterwards he should be removed from the village to ensure the safety of the community and all his victims” Cosatu Solly Phetoe said.

COSATU calls on the Department of Social Development to visit the family and make sure that the child gets proper care and support from them.

COSATU also calls on the provincial government to intervene immediately as the situation might get out of hand.
The family can be contacted through its representative, Onneilwe @ 0765948890
-TDN
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