The man had been stuck there for about 24 hours and seemed to be moments away from being swept off his precarious foothold on a rock in the raging Lurio River.
As Babbel & Krabbel crèche owner Annet Pistorius starts her first week after being barred from her playschool's premises by the Hervormde church, the parents of four of her husband's alleged victims say they aren't sure how to feel about the church's change of heart.
The Hervormde Church has given crèche owner Annet Pistorius the boot. Her play school can stay for 12 more months, the church has decided , but she must leave immediately.
Since 1995, the local Hervormde Church has been the crèche’s landlord and neighbour. After initially defending its decision to extend the play school’s lease after allegations first emerged in 2011 and 2018, News24 understands that the exposé has changed the calculations on the church’s side.