Limpopo MEC for Social Development, Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana, has come out guns blazing, warning those who abuse children would face the full might of the law.
In a statement dispatched ahead of Child Protection Week, she warned potential culprits they would be arrested and punished.
The statement was released against the backdrop of the Child Protection Week held from Sunday 27 May to Sunday 3 June.
The theme of this year’s event was “Let us protect all children to move South Africa forward”.
Departmental spokesperson, Adele van der Linde, said the events were held to educate and mobilize communities to take responsibility towards children’s protection and care.
She said the department continued with such programs to visit schools and engage various groups within communities.
Van der Linde further said the department had dispatched a team of subject matter experts and social workers, who work within the Child Protection unit to speak to communities.
In Bela-Bela the event was held at the Antioch River Church on Friday 1 June.
– The BEAT
