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The maledende and tshigombela group from Tshikuwi village in Nzhelele.
News - Date: 07 December 2015
“As police, we work all hours, days, weeks and months of the year and not only during the 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children.” These were the words of Lt Col Mavhungu Madavhu when she was addressing hundreds of community members within the Makhado cluster during an event at Waterpoort on Saturday.
“In this country, we will not keep our sharp eye closed towards all kinds of abuse of women and children,” Madavhu said. “However, we are aware of the fact that there are women out there who antagonise their husbands, so these men may lose their temper and assault them. Such women do not feel at peace unless they do something that will make men beat them. The next thing, they report the men to the police.”
She emphasised that men who felt that they were being abused by women must also come forward and lay criminal charges against these perpetrators. “Women who abuse men will be dealt with by the heavy arm of the law,” she said.
She appealed to all people to stop abusing children because abused children would demonstrate poor performance at school.
D/Const Luvhani Bologo from the Makhado Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, explained to people the nature of sexual offences and domestic violence. She told the parents and children about the negative impact of mobile phones, where minors snap nude images and then share such with friends on social media. “It is so tragic to share nude pictures with friends; it can lead to fatal consequences,” she warned. “So, we urge all parent to also play their part by monitoring their children's gadgets.”
Twelve-year-old Khensani Langananalo, a resident of Maname Paradise, recited a poem in which she acknowledges the fruits of democracy and the successes and achievements that the country has managed to establish since the first democratic elections in 1994.
“Even though I had not been born by that time, I always treasure history in my heart, so that I may see our future,” she said. “I strongly believe in the success of our country, where children will walk the streets without fear.”
The station commander for the Waterpoort police, Capt Samuel Moshapo, said that he was moved by the continued support from the local Waterpoort farmers and residents, and all other people who had travelled from the Nzhelele area and other places. “Let us work together to beat the scourge of crime,” he said.
Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.
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