The family said the wardens stormed their house on Saturday night 28, October to spray them with pepper spray.
The incident resulted in the hospitalisation of their eight-month-old baby, one-year-old, and three-year-old children.
Lydia Makua from Etwatwa East in Ekurhuleni said the crime wardens' pepper spray spree started after her husband, Simon Makua, told them to leave his yard after they assaulted his son after he refused to be searched by a female warden.
Lydia said the crime wardens who were travelling in a kombi stopped to search her son and his friend who were chilling in her yard on Saturday evening.
"They told them they were conducting stop and search. My son refused to be searched by a female warden and that didn't sit well with them," said Lydia.
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She said her son was assaulted by the crime wardens who later shocked him with a taser and shot him with rubber bullets but missed him.
"We don't know what they were looking for, and if they found something, why didn't they call the police?" she asked.
Lydia said her daughter tried to help her brother but she was also assaulted and taken to Etwatwa police station and she was detained there without being charged from Saturday night until the early hours of Monday, causing her to miss her exams.
Lydia said her daughter is in Grade 11 and was supposed to write on Monday, 30 October.
Simon said they are disappointed at the way crime wardens are carrying themselves.
Simon said they went to the Etwatwa cop shop to report the matter, but they were laughed at by other cops.
Lydia said she wants the crime wardens to be held responsible for their actions.
Captain Nelda Sekgobela of Ekurhuleni District police said they were not aware of the matter but would investigate what happened.
"I will refer the matter to their commander," she said.
