South Africa Supermarket Takes After China, Locks Child-Shoplifters In A Cage!

Child Thief In Cage In South Africa
We  reported this similar act against children accused of stealing a few weeks ago in China, now it's actually happening very close to your home and no other place but South Africa.  We have always known South Africa as very notorious in meting out unorthodox and jungle justice to criminals, but never have we heard of this before.
According to the Metro UK, this photo of a young girl inside a cage shows the uncompromising attitude that one supermarket in South Africa has taken towards shoplifting.
In the picture, Rachel Ngema, 13, can be seen curled up inside a cage used for transportation, after she was caught stealing a loaf of bread from the Spar supermarket in Ebony Park, Midrand.

Child Thief  In Cage In China 
Speaking to The Citizen newspaper, a cashier at the store said that the unorthodox punishment was frequently dished out to shoplifters. ‘They [the management] always do this’, she said.
‘She might sit there until we knock off for the day in the evening’. But shopper Sibongile Mthembu slammed the punishment as ‘abuse’. She said: ‘This is a blatant abuse because this child should be taken to the police if she stole’.
However, another employee, who wished to remain anonymous, added that under-age children were subjected to the ‘lock-up punishment’, because police often failed to arrest them. Source; Metro UK

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