Communities need to be educated on conditions that parolees have to adhere to so that they should assist correctional services to monitor parolees and be involved in processes to integrate them in society, North West Acting Premier Raymond Elisha said.
In his speech delivered at the Anti-crime Interdenominational prayer held at the Bakgatla Ba-Mmakau Tribal Kgotla recently, Acting Premier Elisha called for united action to uproot the scourge of rape.
Elisha said that violence against women cannot be tolerated in our free and democratic society and that the significant event has fostered a strong commitment to placing the importance of fighting against this scourge.
“Perpetrators of heinous crime against women and children do not live somewhere in the outer space on some planet. They live in homes and are our children, brothers, uncles, cousins and our neighbours. Those of us who are well aware of their nefarious activities should blow the whistle on them to ensure that they are removed from society,” highlighted Elisha.
The prayer and commemoration service for divine intervention was aimed at mobilising the community for a partnership against crime which in recent months have claimed the lives of 11-year old rape victim Ofentse Mogale and 13-year-old muti killing victim Neo Ramaswe.
The acting Premier used the opportunity to visit the Mogale, Ramaswe families and that of a 92-year- old granny who was repeatedly raped by a parolee who has since been arrested to convey the condolences and sympathies of the provincial government. Ofentse Mogale was allegedly also raped and murdered by a parolee.
Elisha committed that the provincial government would engage the control prosecutor at Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates Court for the case involving the 92 year old granny to be brought forward for trial and that the area would be prioritised for distribution of whistles and perpersprays to elderly women who are staying on their own.
Madibeng Local Councillor Rantji Chidi and priests who were part of the prayer day attributed the escalating housebreaking and crime in the area to proliferation of the Nyaope drug among youth.
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