EXCLUSIVE: Concerned staff member also alleges ‘sodomy and sexual misconduct’ at Don Mattera Centre
The Gauteng Department of Social Development has since denied any truth to the allegations made by the DA and Khumalo, stating that these were "fabricated"
“On the sign it is written Don Mattera place of safety, but this is no place of safety, it is a place of hell.”
A photograph of a damaged door in the boys’ dormitory at Don Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre.These are the words of *Sam Khumalo, a concerned staff member from Don Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in Edenvale.
Read: Edenvale child and youth centre accused of mismanagement
Last week the Democratic Alliance called for an investigation at Don Mattera after it made several allegations about the centre.
The allegations included sodomy of young boys, rape of children, underage sex, girls in the centre’s care going missing, and mismanagement of the centre.
The Gauteng Department of Social Development has since denied any truth to the allegations made by the DA and Khumalo, stating that these were “fabricated”
Read the full print exclusive article in this week’s edition of Bedfordview and Edenvale NEWS.
*Identity of source withheld.
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