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Namibia: Ohangwena mom advises daughter to apply salt to rape wounds, hides incident – News

Namibia: Ohangwena mom advises daughter to apply salt to rape wounds, hides incident – News

Africa Links 24 with Anna Shinana
Published on 2024-09-25 17:00:00

… police urge parents to speak up on children’s trauma

A teacher in the Ohangwena region was shocked after discovering one of her pupils was raped, with the girl’s mother not reporting this to the police.

The 10-year-old victim’s mother’s only advice to her daughter was allegedly to apply salt to her wounds.

The teacher says she realised something was wrong when she became aware of a bad smell in her classroom, coming from the victim.

Upon investigating, the girl told…

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