‘MY DAD DID THIS TO ME’

MBABANE – Some may call it punishment, but to her teachers it is a heartless act; tying an 11-year-old girl to a house pillar and trashing her with a pipe until she is unconscious.

A Grade IV pupil in one of the primary schools in Mbabane is walking strangely since her return from the Easter holidays.
Her class teacher and head teacher noticed this and she was called to the office to find out what had happened.

The school cannot be named to protect the young girl who resides in Ezulwini with her father.
The father is employed by a company which provides services to Swazi MTN.
When the little girl lifted her tunic on her return to school on Monday, tears filled the eyes of both the male and female teachers in the office.

When the soft-spoken girl was questioned on what had happened to her, she stated that her father had assaulted her.
When pressed further on why he would beat her in such a manner, she admitted that she came back from school late than usual.

Monitor

According to the school, they last saw the little girl who is also the class monitor on Thursday when they were going for the Easter holidays.
All the children returned last week Tuesday but the class monitor did not come back until her class teacher called her father last Wednesday.

When calling the father, there was no response until the class teacher received an anonymous call last Thursday, reporting that the little girl was sick.
After this call, a female police officer called the school to find out if the child was at school and she was informed that the child was reported sick.

This police officer then promised the school that she would visit them to talk about the child further.
The child returned to school on Monday (April  9) and she had bandages all over her thighs which went down to her knees. This shocked both her head teacher and class teacher and they asked her what had happened.

This was when the child explained what had happened at home while her helper was in the house, as she stays with the helper and her father only.
After realising the seriousness of the injuries, the little girl sustained, the father then allegedly called his brother who is alleged to be a nurse in Pigg’s Peak.

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