Special Report: Episode 2: Phoenix mum who beat up her child, speaks out

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The number of incidents of Child Abuse is on the increase in KZN. Listen in every day at 8.40am this week as I look into why these numbers are so alarmingly high. I chat to the police, the district surgeon and a community fed up with the lack of action on the issue. And for the first time since the incident, the mother who beat up her child while her boyfriend filmed it opens up about what happened that day.

18 Jun 2018 English South Africa News · News Commentary

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