Unsafe creche

My 4 year old niece came home with a swollen eye eye yesterday, the teachers at her creche said it’s possibly allergies cause she woke up like that.

But for about a week she’s been complaining about her creche and refusing to go. This was very unlike her cause she loves school and loved her previous creche. We thought she just needed to adjust so we didn’t pay much attention to it. But yesterday when she got home, she was not happy, not her bubbly self and wanted a lot of comfort. After cuddling with her mom for sometime, she said her teacher hit her, this is how the recorded conversation went.

Niece: “teacher beat me with a big box and I cried.” Mom: “she beat you where with the big box” Niece: continues to point at her eye. Mom: “Why did she beat you?” Niece: “Because she was angry” Mom: “Why was she angry” Niece: “Because I was making noise”

We immediately when back to the school to ask for footage of the days interaction, but the admin lady was reluctant. She told her that loadshedding affects the camera, then told us about POPIA Act, they eventually when we did go to check the footage, we discovered that the camera in her classroom was turned off that day.

To say we are hurt as a family is an understatement. We are seeking help/advice on how to move forward with this cause letting it slide is out of the question.

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Even if it’s the one teacher who’s a problem, how are they not holding her accountable.