Crimes against children on the rise in Kweneng

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Kweneng District Council (KDC) chairperson, Jeffery Sibisibi has expressed concern over the rising number of child protection cases. Speaking during a full council meeting on Tuesday, Sibisibi said they had registered 311 clients who came to seek intervention in the form of counselling for various family challenges.

“We recorded a closure of 16 cases for the month ending April 2018, with a registration of 15 new cases. A majority of these cases are crimes committed against children such as defilement, child abuse and child neglect and those committed by children are continually rising,” Sibisibi said. 

Sibisibi said 91 child-related cases were reported in the district and Lekgwapeng ward in Molepolole has the highest record of 28 reported cases.  “This could mean that the people who are supposed to be taking care of children are of children are either absent or are concentrating their attention elsewhere. The correlation does not say much, however it is a known fact that marital disputes are kept secret and usually not reported and they are usually an attribute,” he said.

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