"ENOUGH is enough" was the angry reaction of Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma to the rising scourge of granny rapes in KwaZulu-Natal.
Ntuli-Zuma, one of President Jacob Zuma's wives, yesterday called on the government to take granny rapes seriously.
Zuma's fourth wife braved the cold and rain and led a march against rape through the Durban city centre.
"Enough is enough,' she said. It is high time that the people of KwaZulu-Natal take a stand against this scourge.
"It is time that we unite against rape. Each person must make it his or her responsibility to protect our grandmothers.
"We also call on our government to take this scourge seriously and hand very stiff sentences to all those found guilty of raping the elderly."
Since the start of the year, more than 10 elderly women have been raped in KwaZulu-Natal.
Ntuli-Zuma said she had not directly discussed the issue with her husband.
"But I know he is also against it (the rape of elderly women)," she said.
KwaZulu-Natal community safety and liaison MEC Willies Mchunu said his government was embarrassed by these acts as the province was "now a laughing stock".
"We don't know what to say to our mothers as they are being targeted by children young enough to be their grandsons. At the same time we challenge all young men out there to take a stand against this evil.
"It took the youth of 1976 to fight apartheid. We call on the youth to play a leading role in protecting our elder citizens," Mchunu said.
Among the gospel artists who took part in the march were Thobekile Myeni, Sipho Makhabane, Solly Mahlangu, Deborah Fraser and many others.
Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, one of the president's wives, visited the rural Midlands village of Swayimane in August after two great-grandmothers - aged 94 and 82 - had allegedly been raped by young men.
Madiba-Zuma allegedly promised to have a serious talk with the president because he had "willy-nilly dished out remissions to prisoners".
One of the prisoners released through the presidential remission programme at the time was suspected of raping a 94-year-old grandmother.
Zuma wife leads KZN protest
"ENOUGH is enough" was the angry reaction of Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma to the rising scourge of granny rapes in KwaZulu-Natal.
Ntuli-Zuma, one of President Jacob Zuma's wives, yesterday called on the government to take granny rapes seriously.
Zuma's fourth wife braved the cold and rain and led a march against rape through the Durban city centre.
"Enough is enough,' she said. It is high time that the people of KwaZulu-Natal take a stand against this scourge.
"It is time that we unite against rape. Each person must make it his or her responsibility to protect our grandmothers.
"We also call on our government to take this scourge seriously and hand very stiff sentences to all those found guilty of raping the elderly."
Since the start of the year, more than 10 elderly women have been raped in KwaZulu-Natal.
Ntuli-Zuma said she had not directly discussed the issue with her husband.
"But I know he is also against it (the rape of elderly women)," she said.
KwaZulu-Natal community safety and liaison MEC Willies Mchunu said his government was embarrassed by these acts as the province was "now a laughing stock".
"We don't know what to say to our mothers as they are being targeted by children young enough to be their grandsons. At the same time we challenge all young men out there to take a stand against this evil.
"It took the youth of 1976 to fight apartheid. We call on the youth to play a leading role in protecting our elder citizens," Mchunu said.
Among the gospel artists who took part in the march were Thobekile Myeni, Sipho Makhabane, Solly Mahlangu, Deborah Fraser and many others.
Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, one of the president's wives, visited the rural Midlands village of Swayimane in August after two great-grandmothers - aged 94 and 82 - had allegedly been raped by young men.
Madiba-Zuma allegedly promised to have a serious talk with the president because he had "willy-nilly dished out remissions to prisoners".
One of the prisoners released through the presidential remission programme at the time was suspected of raping a 94-year-old grandmother.
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