Boy slaughtered because he would not call mom’s lesbian lover ‘Daddy’

By Baldwin Ndaba

Four-year-old Jandre Botha disobeyed an order to call his mother’s lesbian lover “Daddy”.

So the lover, Engeline de Nysschen (33), viciously assaulted Jandre while demanding that he must call her “Daddy”.

Jandre died from his injuries, which trauma expert Professor Mohammed Dada said were similar to those of a person who had fallen from a double-storey building.

Yesterday Vereeniging Regional Court magistrate Rita Willemse found De Nysschen and the mother, Hanelie Botha (31) – who did nothing to protect her child – guilty of murder.

Jandre’s father, Jan Botha, sat in court holding the hands of his fiancée, Yolanda Deysel, and listened attentively to Willemse, who, in her judgment, accepted evidence that among the reasons that led to Jandre’s brutal ordeal was his refusal to call De Nysschen “Daddy”.

The court had heard evidence from Lydia Nkomo and her daughter Aletta Lesiba, who worked for the couple in their tuckshop, that De Nysschen had viciously assaulted Jandre while demanding that he must call her “Daddy”.

Both testified that while Jandre was assaulted, his mother failed to intervene or protect him. Evidence showed he had sustained horrific injuries, including a fractured skull and brain damage, as well as broken legs, collarbone, hands and pelvis.

Delivering judgment, Willemse acknowledged there was no substantial evidence linking Hanelie Botha to the assaults, but said she was equally guilty of murder for failing in her legal duty to protect her child against abuse and violation.

I can’t really think about this at the moment. I’ll comment on it later once I can wrap my mind around this viciousness. I would hope that there are no sympathizers for these women, if they should even be called that. But given some responses, particularly from certain feminists, I imagine someone will say this boy deserved his torture and murder.