WATCH | Inside the impoverished settlement mutilated Boksburg boy calls home

The child, who had his genitals cut off, is recovering well and will soon be transferred to a private hospital in Sandton

16 March 2023 - 15:29

It’s a world of contrasts in the Boksburg North suburb where a six-year-old boy was found with his genitalia hacked off earlier this month...

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