SIRKEL: KALAHARI
TAK: VRYBURG
TEMA: OPENBARE SAKE
SAAMROEPER: GRISELDA PRETORIUS
BERIGGEWER: NELLIE VILJOEN
DATUM: 10 SEPTEMBER 2025
Kapt Hannelie van Wyk, bevelvoerder van die spesiale eenheid vir gesinsgeweld, kinderbeskerming en seksuele misdrywe, het Vryburg VLV toegespreek oor die omvang van die Polisiediens se verantwoordelikhede. Dié gebied sluit Ganyesa, Piet Plessis, Stella, Amalia, Schweizer-Reneke, Ipelegeng en Vryburg in.
Sy doen ‘n beroep op ouers en grootouers om om te sien na die veiligheid van kinders. Ouers moet hul kinders bedag maak op vreemdelinge en ook hul veiligheid aanlyn en op sosiale media verseker. Ouers kan aangekla word indien hulle kennis dra van seksuele aktiwiteite van minderjariges in hul huis. Sedert 2007 word verkragting met enige voorwerp ook strafbaar beskou. Geen minderjarige onder 16 jaar mag toestemming gee tot intimiteit nie.
Slagoffers van aanranding of seksuele mishandeling is soms huiwerig om sake aan te meld. ’n Beskermingsbevel kan uitgereik word om persone te beskerm. Alle geweld behoort aangemeld te word sodat mediese ondersoeke vir DNS gedoen kan word.
I got flowers today! By Paulette Kelly
It wasn’t my birthday or any other special day.
We had our first argument last night,
And he said a lot of cruel things that really hurt.
I know that he is sorry and didn’t mean to say the things he said;
Because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
It wasn’t our anniversary or any other special day.
Last night, he threw me into a wall and started to choke me.
It seemed like a nightmare. I couldn’t believe that it was real.
I woke up this morning sore and bruised all over.
I know he must be sorry, because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
It wasn’t our anniversary or any other special day.
Last night he threw me into a wall and then started choking me.
It seemed unreal, a nightmare, but you wake up from nightmares,
And I woke up this morning sore and bruised all over —
But I know he is sorry, because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
And it wasn’t Valentines Day or any other special day.
Last night he beat me and threatened to kill me.
Make-up and long sleeves didn’t hide the cuts and bruises this time,
I couldn’t go to work today because I didn’t want anyone to know —
But I know he’s sorry, because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
And it wasn’t Mother’s Day or any other special day.
Last night he beat me again, and it was worse than all of the other times.
If I leave him, what will I do? How will I take care of the kids? What about money?
I’m afraid of him, but I’m too scared and dependent to leave him!
But he must be sorry, because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today …
Today was a special day — It was the day of my funeral;
Last night he killed me.
If only I would have gathered the courage and strength to leave him;
I could have received help from the Women’s Shelter, but I didn’t ask for their help;
So I got flowers today — for the last time.
Griselda Pretorius en Hannelie van Wyk
Carien van Niekerk oorhandig troospoppies aan Kapt van Wyk vir kinders wat aan trauma blootgestel word