Watch: Nthabiseng Nhlapo – Joburg woman accused of assaulting toddler

A woman identified as Nthabiseng Nhlapo is the subject of furore after disturbing video footage surfaced on social media showing an unidentified woman kicking and choking a helpless toddler.

Internet sherlocks point to Nthabiseng Nhlapo as Joburg woman who filmed herself assaulting a toddler

Details about the incident were sketchy when this article was published. However, social media users have launched a witchhunt against a woman identified on Facebook as Nthabiseng Nhlapo, the reported mother of a toddler boy, who appeared confused and visibly shaken by the ordeal he endured.

In the video footage, which has since gone viral on social media, the little boy could be heard gasping for breath, while an unidentified person kicked him repeatedly.

Seconds before the video abruptly ended, the assaulter was seen pressing their foot against the little boy’s chest, who broke out into a cry that would rattle any parent.

In a post, Mogale identified Nhlapo as a woman she knows and claimed she had allegedly recorded herself assaulting the toddler as some sadistic warning to her partner, whom she reportedly shares the child with.

Neither Nhlapo nor the boyfriend, a man known only as Mxolisi Scorch has reacted to the online backlash.

Gauteng authorities had not responded to our requests for comment when this article was published.