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Middelburg's own house of abominations
It's not just Springs that has a house of horrors. In Middelburg a mother of three children pleaded guilty to r**e, child neglect and failure to report sexual offense's.

The six year old boy was unconscious with an empty stomach, sick of jaundice and found on the floor between dog stools.
A social worker's report, presented to the court, revealed hideous neglect and abuse:

• Her neglected baby boy was found with ticks and other insects in his cot.

• The eight-year-old daughter was allegedly r**ed by her father so often that she pleaded with police officers to never send her back home. The father arrived at www.mobserver.co.za 's offices and denied aggressively that his children were neglected. Shortly thereafter he and his wife disappeared.

• The girl was never sent to school and was at the level of a three-year-old when welfare had removed her.

• She was found with bloody buttocks, without underwear, by welfare.

• The newborn baby has been treated in Life Midmed Hospital for more than a week. Animal hair had to be removed from the child's mouth and nasal passage before paramedics could apply treatment.

The woman will be sentenced later and will face life imprisonment. Her husband appeared briefly in court on Thursday during which his hearing date would be determined. Their names are prevented from being published to protect the children.

The couple were both detained after fleeing from Middelburg to family in eMalahleni. The court identified them as a flight risk and bail was refused.

All three children were placed in foster care and showed good progress.

The children's grandmother, who stayed with the family in the house, was not charged, despite threatening to put the family's dogs on the welfare worker when the children were fetched.

The father has been charged on 4 counts of r**e, child abuse and charges of sexual abuse.

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News24:

'We fear for our lives': Cash-in-transit guards call for more protection

14:52 12/06/2018
Amanda Khoza, Jenni Evans and Mxolisi Mngadi

Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation industry marched in major cities across South Africa on Tuesday after a spate of brazen heists that have rocked the industry and the country in recent months.

They are calling for more visible policing, increased reaction times to robberies and more effective intelligence gathering.

The scourge of cash-in-transit robberies reached a boiling point last week, with Police Minister Bheki Cele announcing new plans to bring down the well organised and heavily armed gangs carrying out the heists, which are robbing the country of millions of rands in cash.

SCROLL: Cash-in-transit guards hand over memorandum, response expected within 14 days

In Johannesburg, cash-in-transit security employees handed over a memorandum listing their demands to the Department of Community Safety.

"The recent increasing attacks on our members in the cash-in-transit sectors compels us to bring the following demands to your attention," the secretary general of Motor Transport Workers Union of South Africa, Mdumiseni Mabaso said.

"Without these workers, South Africa could not function and they need to be protected whilst performing their duties in such a crucial and important sector of the economy."

Strike on the cards

They further called on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to "deal harshly with convicted criminals" and ensure investigations were done properly to "minimise criminals walking free due to lack of evidence".

"We will be monitoring the situation closely, and if we do not see any improvements or adherence to our demands within the next few months we will have to reserve our rights in terms of the labour laws, which could result in members withholding their labour," Mabaso said.

The memorandum was accepted and signed by a representative from the department who promised workers that there would be a meeting with all stakeholders to deal with their demands.

David Baloyi, a security guard employed by Fidelity, said they were in constant fear of being killed.

"Since the beginning of this year, we are being killed. The criminals are bombing us and it is putting our lives in danger," he said.

"We have families that we have to live for. We fear for our lives and that is why we have come together today."

: Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation sector are protesting against the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists around the country. The security guards say there is no counseling after traumatic incidences. pic.twitter.com/YpZy2IpjCE

— Amanda Khoza () June 12, 2018

When asked who may be behind the recent spike in the attacks, Ephraim Ralibona, who works for SBV, said: "I heard the investigators say some of those involved in the heists were some of their members (police), but we are not sure because they said some of the thugs who were involved were police officers and some of our colleagues."

Colleagues killed

In Cape Town, Federation of Unions of SA general secretary Dennis George said cash-in-transit workers had been under a sustained attack since the beginning of the year.

"There have been 157 different incidents of cash-in-transit heists this year alone," he said.

One driver, Craig Nicholls, who had been driving for 30 years, said robbers who had wanted to exact revenge on him tracked him down at home.

"My wife was inside the house and heard the shot go off. I was outside at my car when they shot me," he said. "They only got me in the leg."

He added: "Many of the guys that I have worked with for years are dead."


Demonstrators in Cape Town. (Jenni Evans, News24)

More protection needed

Cash-in-transit employees also marched through Durban's streets, calling for an end to the killing of their colleagues, and more protection from the police.

Themba Mbhele, who has worked with Fidelity Cash Solutions for 15 years, told News24 that he had eight children he had to take care of.

He said he was not afraid of dying, but of being broke.

"If I die, my family will be broke and nobody will take care of them and send them to school," he said.

SAPS Stop Robbing Us: says a placard carried by one of the CIT security guards in Durban. pic.twitter.com/30WKSryqAt

— Mxolisi Mngadi () June 12, 2018

He said Cele "should get rid of corrupt policemen in the SAPS, and he must have an input in fighting the recent scourge of heists in our country".

At a briefing on Wednesday last week, Cele said police had arrested 13 suspects connected to recent heists over a 24-hour period.

"Criminals have declared the war, so they must get ready to fight the war. All of the units are out of the barracks, all of the units are on the streets, we will be responding much quicker, and responding much more decisively," he said

Amanda Khoza on Twitter “ : Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation sector are protesting against the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists around the country. The security guards say there is no counseling after traumatic incidences. https://t.co/YpZy2IpjCE”