MAVERICK CITIZEN: Zimbabwean boy mauled by hyena arrives in South Africa for reconstructive surgery

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Rodwell arrives. Rolled into the entrance of Mediclinic Sandton in Johannesburg on a stretcher, Rodwell Nkomazana is met by excited medical staff with stickers and T-shirts that say “Team Rodwell”.

pro bono. Rodwell was attacked by a hyena at an all-night church gathering outside Harare on 7 May. Kajee and Moonsamy woke up at 2am on Saturday to fly to Zimbabwe to accompany Rodwell and his mother, Shamiso Mabika, on a commercial expatriation SA Airlink flight from Harare to Johannesburg. “It was the most beautiful thing to watch,” says Moonsamy. “Like with any nine-year-old, you place a device in front of him and he’s completely soaking that up.

Along with the reconstructive procedures, Rodwell will need months of speech therapy, occupational therapy and psychotherapy to help him speak properly again, eat by himself again, be able to play football with his friends once more and gain the independence any young boy deserves to have.

 

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