The irresponsibility and negligence of Boipelo’s mother is of great concern to me.
Mothers abuse grants playingcard images,TRUANT MOMS: Women playing cards for winnings with neighbours in Driehoek Village. Picture: ITUMELENG GALESITWE
The government was striving to eradicate poverty among marginalised communities which impacted on vulnerable children, older people and people with disabilities, he said.Boipelo’s mother refused to speak to TNA. – TNA 200051
Some of it ends up at the card games
These mothers reportedly have on average of two children each and receive monthly stipends from the government to help them provide for their children.
The New Age team observed a group of women playing cards not r from Boipelo’s house. The women, including Boipelo’s mother, had formed a big circle with five rand coins in the middle.
We have suggested moving her to a cility where she can receive better care but talk of the idea angers her mother.
Boipelo of Driehoek village outside Itsoseng Township cuts a lonely figure as her picture is being taken.
A stone’s throw away from their home lives a blind child with her blind grandther and despite their disabilities, the granddaughter attends a school for the disabled in Mafikeng, according to Nomsa Khumalo, a volunteer care giver in the village.
Her mother collects the grant on her behalf but what happens to the money is anybody’s guess.
She wears torn clothes, has no shoes and she does not attend school, even though she receives a disability grant every month.
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I was instructed not to even speak a word of it.
Instead, the playingcard imagesmoney is used to bet at the card games. Gambling has become a cruel habit and the games continue way into the night.
She is too embarrassed to play with children of her own age.
It is the first picture to be taken of her and the first timMothers abuse grants playingcard imagese she has been in the company of strangers.
Itumeleng Galesitwe
She was taught to make herself scarce when visitors come to her home because of her disabilities.
The department of social development has issued a stern warning to recipients who misuse the money intended for the beneficiaries. This is heartless. We call on these parents and guardians to refrain from misusing their children’s money, departmental media liaison official Petrus Siko said.
The child has been turned against me. When I visit, she also runs away from me, Khumalo said.
