SAY NO TO ABUSE OF ELDER PEOPLE

Safety awareness against crime for senior citizens

The community policing forum of Mabopane have organised a meeting for elder people around Mabopane, Ga-Rankua and Winterveld to raise a safety awareness campaign against crime for elders.  

The meeting was held in Mabopane sports centre where more than one hundred elders were present. Other stake holders that were present includes; South African Police Services, church organisation and youth organisation around Mabopane.

According to Rose Rasuge the deputy chairperson of Mabopane policing forum said they have organised the meeting so that they raised safety awareness against crime. “Our main aim with this meeting is to give elders tips on how they can protect themselves against abuse and crime. We have seen that elders are the most victims of crime; they raped, killed and robbed their money. We want to make sure that such come to an end,” she said.

Captain Makhanya of Mabopane police station said community must work hand in hand with the police to ensure that elder people are safe. “Alone as polices we cannot succeed in protecting elders, we need help of community members to ensure that lives of the elders are safe and protected,” said.

Makhanya said there are police cars that are patrolling the communities. “We are urging old people to report any kind of abuse they are facing to the police so that they will get help,” she added.