An eight-year-old boy has been rescued from his mother who allegedly assaulted him and bound his wrists with a chain and padlock.

The incident occurred in a village near Peddie over the weekend.

 Police spokeswoman Captain Mali Govender said the 24-year-old mother of two has since been arrested.

 “The incident was reported to police at the weekend. Social workers were alerted‚” Govender said.

“The children have been moved to their grandmother who lives in a neighbouring village. Schooling for the children has also been arranged. The mother will appear in the Peddie Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on a charge of child abuse.”

 The arrest comes barely a week after a 11-year-old mentally disabled girl in a village outside East London was found tied up with a rope inside a dark shack to stop her from leaving.

 The girl was found by police and social workers half-naked‚ in tears and she had soiled herself.

 She had no water and food. The girl was tied up by her mother who is employed as a farmworker in the village.

 The girl has since been put in a place of safety in Fort Beaufort.