After it has surfaced that the Ngcobo mom who killed her four children had struggled with mental problems, Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has promised that she will receive all the psycho-social support she needs.
Mabuyane was speaking during the emotionally-charged funeral service for the children held at Tsalaba village in Ngcobo.
The children’s grandfather, Mthundezi Simayile, said he was devastated that his daughter couldn’t be present to bury her children.Speculation is rife in the village after Simayile allegedly told other residents of the village that the children had appeared to her like snakes before she had killed them. Mthundezi didn’t want to be drawn into this discussion.
“I have requested a meeting with the police minister to try and address this issue before it gets out of hand. We cannot allow these criminals to terrorise our province like this. This town of Ngcobo is home to leaders like Walter Sisulu and Dr AB Xuma who fought tirelessly to ensure that this countryPetros Majola of Khula Community Development Project made an impassioned plea to the government to bring programmes to rural areas that are aimed at addressing mental health.
Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Bukiwe Fanta said social workers had been dispatched to the Tsalaba village ever since the tragedy occurred and that counselling services will continue.
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