Kwaito star up for child abuse
2008-05-12 10:24
Johannesburg - A popular kwaito musician has been arrested after police found an abused four-year-old girl in his Johannesburg townhouse, the Sowetan reported on Monday.
Honeydew police acted after people living in the same complex reported they had seen the girl on the balcony outside the townhouse looking sad and crying.
Police opened a charge of child abuse on Sunday night.
The singer and his girlfriend have been accused by their neighbours of beating and starving the girl - who is believed to be the couple's first-born child.
Some of the workers at the complex said the little girl had even asked for food from them on several occasions.
West Rand spokesperson Siphiwe Ndlovu said the child would be taken to a place of safety.
- SAPA