Twilight Home – Hillbrow
Gauteng MEC for Social Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza must intervene urgently to save Twilight Home in Hillbrow which will be forced to close its doors due to funding constraints.
Twilight Home has been serving the community of Hillbrow for 33 years but has fallen into ill repair and is no longer in the position it once was to house the children it supports.
Earlier this month the DA submitted a member’s statement in the Provincial Legislature appealing to MEC Mayathula-Khoza to intervene, but this call was blatantly ignored by the ANC.
Adequate Funded, Properly Maintained
Safety of the children is severely compromised as access to the premises is open to anyone. Stretched workloads mean that children in this facility often come and go without supervision and are not signed in or signed out of the home.
MEC Mayathula-Khoza has a responsibility to ensure that not only are homes such as Twilight adequately funded, but to ensure that they are properly maintained and managed.
The DA will again pursue the MEC to ensure that she establishes an investigation into Twilight and assists the children residing at the home.
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DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Social Development
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