Police officers from Boschkop police station in Gauteng confirmed that an 8-year-old girl and her classmate were examined following reports that they had been raped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so hurt; the principal has been aware of this for two weeks. Despite telling parents that he has taken the matter to the police, he has done nothing,\u201d the father said.<\/p>\n
The father had discovered possible sexual assault on his daughter two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
When he investigated it emerged that his little girl had been one of four girls, aged between 7 and 9, raped allegedly by four older boys at the Kutumela Molefi Primary School at Lethabong informal settlement, east of Pretoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke with the mother of one of the girls and she found that her child been badly injured.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mother had gone to the school and was told that the problem would be dealt with by the principal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe principal said he would investigate. A few days later he said he had reported it to the police. When I followed up, I found the police had no idea that this had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past two weeks, the parents have been sent from pillar to post by the principal and teachers at the school.<\/p>\n
They also promised to bring in counsellors to make sure the children were examined for signs of penetration.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife has also been threatened for speaking about this in public, being told that she should not dare tarnish the image of the principal,\u201d the father said.<\/p>\n
His wife and stepmother of the child had been to the school to enquire on the progress of the school\u2019s investigation when she was allegedly intimidated by the teachers.<\/p>\n
When progress was not forthcoming, the worried father enlisted the help of members of his church.<\/p>\n
Policies required the school to report such incidents to the department, police and medical professionals immediately on becoming aware of them.<\/p>\n
The Boschkop police scheduled the girls for counselling ths week, and officers opened a case and started their investigation immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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