The death of an eight-year-old Durban child who suffered third degree burns after she was allegedly locked in her family’s tuckshop has shocked and outraged the community of Phoenix.
“She was healing well but after her mother left her in hospital and went home she started deteriorating and passed away on January 20.”One woman said: “RIP baby girl. I can't imagine the pain and trauma you have suffered. There are so many other families that cannot have children and will do anything to have a child. Then we get people like this. My blood is boiling now.”
“Why do people have children if they cannot look after them and give them the love and care they need? This is so sad,” said another. Umesh Singh, head of the eThekwini outer north cluster community policing forum, which includes Phoenix, Verulam, Tongaat and Durban North, told TimesLIVE: “Any incident of this nature is sad, especially when it’s a young, innocent life.
“Sometimes when things happen inside a home people are unaware. But if the community hears or sees something, we have structures where these incidents can be reported for us to take the necessary steps. “Where there is smoke, there is usually fire. People need to start taking these matters seriously. We need our communities to be on the ball.We can’t sit back, especially when children are being ill-treated and abused.”
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