21 November 2014 R1-20/FREE
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Mamakwa School awards ceremony The suspect in the attack on the two children Johannes Maluleke. Photo: TK Mashaba TK Mashaba A man in his mid-forties appeared in the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s court on Monday, 17 November in connection with charges of grievous bodily harm and assault. He was remanded to police custody and was expected to appear in court again on Thursday, 20 November. Johannes ‘Doi’ Maluleka was arrested in connection with a violent assault on Remember Baloyi (9) and his friend Kaogelo (6). According to Remember’s mother Khensani Gladys Baloyi, she was told on her way home from work that her
Gladys Baloyi with the injured children at Bela-Bela Hospital. Photo: TK Mashaba
son and his friend had been attacked. She arrived home to find her son with a broken arm and open wounds on his head, and immediately called emergency services. The boy said that Maluleka had picked them up while they were playing outside and asked them to come to his house. On their arrival, he allegedly started assaulting them with an axe. “The children say that they don’t know why he hit them,” said the distraught Baloyi. “I don’t understand why he did this to my son. If they had done something to him he could have come to me — he didn’t need to use an axe to hurt them!”
Maluleka is a well-known figure in the neighbourhood. He is in the business of reclaiming scrap metal from the dumping areas. The children were treated at Bela-Bela Hospital and were discharged on Tuesday, 18 November. Ward 4 EFF Deputy Chairperson Lasy Maswangayi spoke out about the incident, saying that people who assault children are not welcome in the neighbourhood. “We want him to remove his shack and go elsewhere because our children will not feel safe with him around,” said Maswananyi. Maluleka refused to speak to the press.
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