“We used to allow children some freedoms that we no longer allow them. And I don’t think that’s to their benefit or to ours.”
According to the indictment, Schoeman approached the mother to “buy” the victim from her and they agreed on R160,000. He allegedly also made a down payment of R24,000 for the poor girl.
The Mormon mother of six launched her now-defunct channel, 8 Passengers, in 2015. Then in the summer of 2023, Ruby’s two youngest children were found far away from home wounded and emaciated.
Susana Kennedy has been spreading the word of a child abduction across social media, stating that her biological father, a man named Carlos Rebelo, was abusive towards her and that she knows “what he is capable of”.
Ram Bahadur Bamjon drew international attention in 2005 when tens of thousands of people turned up to see the teenager sitting cross-legged under a tree in a dense forest for nearly 10 months.
Tim has been sentenced to five years in prison for locking his son in a tiny box in the garage but he really doesn’t want to face the music and get a taste of his own medicine, getting locked up in a jail cell as punishment for his crimes.
Two childcare workers in America were arrested after video footage surfaced that showed them holding ‘toddler fight clubs’ in a daycare centre.
She posed as a ‘cool mom’ but was luring children into her home, ploughed them with an alarming amount of alcohol and laughing when boys sexually assaulted intoxicated girls.
In 2016, when Maya Kowalski was 10 years old, she was rushed to the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, with an array of strange symptoms.
That’s Rodger “Rod” Githens, an associate professor at the University of the Pacific in California, who was just arrested for one of the most heinous crimes out there.
A former maths teacher and rugby coach, who taught at schools in the UK and South Africa, has been accused of sexual assault and is set to appear in court again. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Jeffrey Epstein has been put behind bars.
Apparently, they are now investigating if Julia could in fact be a Swiss girl who went missing in 2011.
The trial for the alleged child sex ring kingpin, South Africa’s Jeffrey Epstein, has been underway in the Gauteng High Court.
The couple were promptly arrested on charges of child abuse, with neighbours apparently calling in with concern.
When investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck looked at the eyes of the little girl who sat next to her father in that picture back in 2002, he immediately knew something was “terribly wrong”.
69-year-old Marius Pistorius stands accused of sexually assaulting multiple children who attended Babbel & Krabbel crèche in Melkbosstrand.
Marius Pistorius stands accused of sexually assaulting multiple children who attended Babbel & Krabbel crèche in Melkbosstrand near Cape Town, founded by his wife, Annet.
One of the former teachers from the crèche, Tiffany Mostert, was so disgusted by the ongoing abuse that she felt she had to release the evidence.
Following an exhaustive three-month investigation, News24 has publicly named a man they dub ‘the Melkbos Monster’.
Three people have been arrested for what law enforcement says is a repeated pattern of keeping young kids trapped inside cages.
A foster mom in Worcester landed herself in court earlier this week, facing two charges of child abuse, for her horrendous disciplinary measures.
For the first time during court proceedings the man dubbed the ‘Springs Monster’ finally showed overt emotion. Forgive me if I’m not all that moved.
If you haven’t heard of the ‘Springs Monster’ consider yourself fortunate, because the alleged levels of abuse suffered at the hands of the barbarian in question are almost beyond belief.
At just 17 years of age, Mundolene Vosloo fell victim to an incident of child abuse. She consequently died at the hands of her step-mother while in Mauritius last week.
Children, much like Pavlov’s dogs, generally respond well to a touch of classical conditioning. These parents took that approach to a whole ‘nother level.
Grahamstown has been rocked by the finding of a monster in its midst – this man’s list of crimes will really make your blood boil.
You can learn many valuable life lessons from your parents, although this six-year-old might be best advised to ignore what her mother has to say.
Remember that time you saw the old school bully flipping burgers at McDonald’s and you did about ten inside fist pumps? Well there’s no such happy ending here.
It is not wrong to want to teach your kids valuable life lessons that will stand them in good stead. It is wrong to resort to criminal means to do so. Enter this family from Missouri.
So this has happened in Springs and it really doesn’t make for pretty reading. If you thought poor matric results were our biggest education worries you were wrong.