Nompendulo Ngubane
Non-provit organisation Lifeline says it supports the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court’s decision to again deny bail to a Woodlands, eMalahleni woman accused of abusing her nine-year-old daughter.
The 34-year-old remains behind bars, facing charges of assaulting, and biting her daughter, as well as sexually violating her.
The case has been postponed to 17 February 2027 for further investigation, including an interview with the victim’s biological father.
Magistrate Sandile Ngwenya has described the accused as a danger to her children and herself, citing her apparent lack of remorse.
Speaking to Gagasi FM, Lifeline Director Sinikiwe Biyela as described this case as one of the most disturbing the organisation has dealt with.
Cofa ngezansi ukuzwa inkulumo ka Biyela…
Biyela said, “So the courts decision was actually at the best interest of the child because children need to be in environments where they are protected.”
She added,”This denial of bail is actually sending a strong message to other parents out there who are perpetrators of Gender Based Violence that the law will take its course and the law will give no mercy on them regardless whether they are mothers of these kids.”
