Overview
- Police responded around 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day to a home on Govan Mbeki Street in the Tokyo Sexwale area of Jeffreys Bay.
- Officers found a two-year-old girl with open wounds to her upper body, and she was admitted to hospital for treatment with no further condition update.
- A 59-year-old caregiver was arrested and charged with child neglect and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and she is expected to appear in the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
- Police say the childminder was allegedly under the influence of alcohol at the time, and the manner in which the injuries were sustained remains unknown.
- The FCS unit is leading the investigation with the Department of Social Development, the acting provincial commissioner condemned the incident, and authorities appealed for information from the public.