Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-04-09

Petite Bumper Daycare centre in Rosettenville has been shutdown by The Social Development Department after a video showing a 16-month-old bound and gagged toddler trying to free herself emerged.
 
The video footage obtained by the Daily Sun shows the little girl on the bathroom floor, trying to free herself from the tape used to tie her hands, feet and mouth.

An insider told the paper that the crèche owner Labeeba Truter had tied the child up because she "didn’t want to be disturbed while she watched TV".

The child, named Beauty, was allegedly kept in the bathroom for about 3 hours before being let loose.

Truter has since denied any involvement in the incident, choosing to pin the blame on one of her employees.

“That wasn’t me that I can promise it was not me – it was the teacher,” she told ENCA.

She also told the channel reporters that she had chosen not to inform the child’s parents but to rather deal with the matter herself.

“I was harsh on the teacher – I shouted at her and gave her a piece of my mind and I said to her this must stop now, you are not going to do this,” she said.

The Social Development Department decided to shut down the unregistered day care centre after assessing the situation.

“Given the situation that we are experiencing here today – we as government have decided to essentially closing this place down,” said Social Development Department spokesperson Sello Mokoena.

No arrests have been made yet, as no case was reported.

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