A 15-year-old girl will not forget in a hurry the memory of the 100 lashes inflicted on her 3 weeks back by an angry woman, as reported by Daily Sun Mobi.The tormentor, Amahle Mdlalose, 22, reportedly lured the young schoolgirl, Nompilo Vilakazi, to her house in Nceceni Village, near Nquthu, KZN, and accused her of trying to snatch her boyfriend.
When the girl denied it, she was punched, kicked and beaten with a sjambok while – at Amahle’s request – a friend made a video of the attack (video below).
Now she has been discharged from hospital, Nompilo, is trying to put her life together again. She relives her experience:
“Ever since the attack, my life has been hell. I can’t sleep because I have nightmares,” the girl told Daily Sun.
“I still have terrible headaches and nosebleeds. I have only been
to school once since the attack and that day pupils thought that I was a
ghost. There were rumours that I had died after the attack.”
According to Nompilo, a classmate asked her to go with her to Amahle’s place.
“I had no reason not to go with her because I had done nothing wrong.”
Nompilo was shocked when she walked into the house and her friend locked the door.
“She betrayed me. She took me there knowing that Amahle was going
to beat me up and she sat and laughed while I was being beaten.”
She said Amahle was already angry and she punched and kicked her before whipping out the sjambok.
“I begged her to stop. She just wanted to hit me on the head. I
tried to block the sjambok with my hands so that my head wouldn’t get
injured.”
She said the girl who took the video, a sister of Amahle’s boyfriend, was not in the house when the attack started.
“When she got back from school, Amahle gave her the phone to make a
video. She said she wanted the whole world to see the video and I guess
she is getting what she wanted.”
Nompilo said she can’t concentrate and when the headaches start, she feels like she is losing her mind.
“Every time I close my eyes I just see her beating me. The scars on
my body may go away but the mental scars are always going to be there.
“And when people talk about videos, I just go to the place where I was helpless and bleeding on the floor.”
She said Amahle wanted her to wash off the blood before she left the house so that people couldn’t see she was bleeding.
“As for her boyfriend, he is a scarfaced taxi driver. I hate him
for supporting what that woman did to me and I hate her for beating me
up.”
Nompilo’s grandfather, Luphineas Vilakazi (63) told Daily Sun the
boyfriend had tried to bribe him with R200 to forget about the beating.
“I chased him away with his money,” said Luphineas. “When I think
of what happened to my grand-daughter I just cry. What they did to her
was cruel, she didn’t deserve that.”
The boyfriend’s grandmother (73), said: “I was sitting outside the house when I heard Nompilo screaming.
“I tried to rush inside but the door was locked. I failed to save
her and it broke my heart to hear her scream like that because I am a
mother too. This woman Amahle is not my daughter-in-law. We didn’t pay
lobola,” she said.
Kwazulu-Natal provincial police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane
said: “Since the case has been re-opened, the police are going to summon
the suspect to the Nquthu Magistrates Court for an appearance.”
Meanwhile, local residents have protested outside court, demanding that Mdlalose should not be admitted to bail.
Mdlalose made her first appearance in the Nquthu Magistrates Court
on Thursday, charged with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily
harm.
The court adjourned the matter to give Mdlalose time to apply for
legal aid and she was released on warning. She will be back in court
next Friday.
The residents were not happy about the court’s decision to release
her on warning. They said they wanted Mdlalose to rot in jail.
They held placards which read: “Let her rot in jail and throw away the keys” and “We want justice to prevail”.
One of the residents, Mahlompho Motloung (47), said they left their home chores to support the Vilakazi family.
“She’ll continue assaulting our kids,” Mahlompho said.
A family member, Celi Mntambo, said they were going to open a civil
case against the Mondlo Police Station for forcing Nompilo to forgive
the suspect.
“I have evidence that they misused the law. We want to see justice,” Celi said.
SOURCE: Daily Sun
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