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The province's social development department resolved to construct "many" centres in KwaZulu-Natal after a spate of attacks on elderly women.

Social development MEC Weziwe Thusi yesterday said the first centre would be constructed in KwaSwayimane in the Midlands, the village where two grannies were raped a week apart.

A 94-year-old great-grandmother was raped by a habitual criminal in the village in August.

A week later an 84-year-old grandmother was raped in the same village. In the same month a 74-year-old woman was raped, stabbed and robbed in her granny flat in Bisley in Pietermaritzburg.

Last month a 70-year-old woman was raped in her home in front of her grandchildren at Matsheketsheni Reserve in Sundumbili on the province's North Coast.

At the court appearance of the 26-year-old man accused of raping the 94-year-old woman, desperate KwaSwayimane grannies said they were considering moving into one home to protect each other.

Thusi said at least R7-million had been set aside for the construction of a centre in KwaSwayimane. It will have a gym and will offer occupational therapy and counselling.

She said: "It will operate like crèches, with people dropping off their grannies on the way to work and then picking them up later.

"Grannies can also be taken to care centres by their grandchildren who are attending schools to avoid leaving the elderly alone at home."

The centre will also have a day-care facility for young children.

Thusi's vision is for grannies to tell stories of bravery and moral values to children with the aim of turning them into respectable adults who stay away from drugs.

She said her department had found that drug abuse was high in the village. Department head Bheki Nkosi said drugs played a role in the abuse of elderly women in the area.

"We want to push a campaign against drugs because it is one of the contributing factors to the rapes," Nkosi said.

Thusi said she understood that adult daycare centres and old-age homes were not popular in some communities. She plans to embark on a campaign to promote the use of the new centres.

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Wed Jun 19 23:03:19 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 10, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Eish ja!!! The results of moral decay!!! Somtimes i wonder if we are cursed, the negativities outweigh the posetivities in our land. Education es K@K, Government K@K, Crime K@K , Oppostion parties K@K and weak, Poverty K@k strong, Ruling party filled with K@k caders, Rich and Poor Gap K@k huge......we leave in a K@k country Amen!!!
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Oct 10, 2012

ZIGGAR

This is time time, there is nothing we can do even if we arest the calprit. actully SA cant understand this democracy. we are all disobedient. especially the youth, as most of this rape of gogos is done by them.

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Oct 10, 2012

mnc3disi

WOW, what has become of our country? Its amazing that this is has become out of control to this extent...
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Oct 10, 2012

MommaC

.... and who protects them at night?

I know that the idea of old age homes is completely against the traditional African family culture, but isn't it time we started considering them as an option?
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Oct 10, 2012

MGEEZ

Look at the price of removing God in our society under the so called democracy (which is really loose-dom if you asked me). Children do not pray at schools anymore; at schools children can not be disciplined by educators any more (corporal punishment was moved out of schools, apparently it affects the ego of children). Well, it is sad to say then that in 18 of practicing this loose-dom; lawlessness has increased; people's consciences have been seared with a hot iron as a result they are numb to pain they inflict to others or even observe.

The question is; how far down the road is this government willing to go for them to recognize that moral decay is eating away at our society????
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Oct 10, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

i will vote for president obama
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Oct 10, 2012

Pontshopontsho

what about night care who will protect poor grannies from this evil boys ,
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Oct 10, 2012

asaowe

What happening to young generation raping Gogoz, so many woman out there a u ppl shimanes
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Oct 10, 2012

RobinH

Now whose idea was this? How on earth is such a centre going to prevent these things from happening? How many rapists hang around and commit their crimes in broad daylight. The risk is at night, when these vulnerable people are alone in their village homes. Damn stupid idea that only serves the political purpose of appearing to care.
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Oct 10, 2012

KGS000

Its a shame being a man in SA
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