TimesLIVE reports that the Ga-Chuene Clinic in Limpopo is to be re-opened on Monday following the brutal attack on two nurses who were also raped during the early hours on Friday.
The clinic will remain closed after hours indefinitely. This was due to the intervention of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), which called for the security company employed to protect the clinic to be called to account and the Limpopo health department to ensure that counselling services were provided for clinic staff. Denosa Limpopo secretary Jacob Molopo said the organisation was “shocked and devastated” by the incident and believed it to be a reversal of progress made in stepping up security for vulnerable nurses. The attacker is alleged to have tied security guards up and then entered the clinic, where he attacked the women. He robbed them of their belongings and forced them into nearby bushes where he ordered them to strip before raping them. “The man who came in knew his way around the clinic, so he probably lives in the area. We are calling on the community or anyone who knows anything about him to report this to the police,” Molopo said. Limpopo police commissioner Lt-Col Thembi Hadebe has assembled a multidisciplinary team to fast-track the investigation and a case of business robbery, kidnapping and rape has been opened.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Gill Gifford at TimesLIVE
- Lees ook, Drukgroep veroordeel aanval op verpleegsters; pleit by gemeenskap vir hulp, by Maroela Media
- And also, Rape of two nurses exposes lax security in Limpopo, on page 10 of Sunday World of 12 January 2025
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