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'I got very, very hurt': The enduring pain of children forced to do 'naughty stuff' with 'Oom-juffrou'

Tammy Petersen

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Babbel & Krabbel in Melkbosstrand.

Babbel & Krabbel in Melkbosstrand.

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WARNING: This investigation contains descriptions of child abuse that you may find triggering or difficult to read.

They called him Oom Marius, Uncle Maurice or Oom-Juffrou. And he hurt them.

Allegations of sexual abuse at Babbel & Krabbel crèche date as far back as 2011, when over a dozen children who attended the play school in Melkbosstrand claimed to have been molested.

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