The MEC of
Community Safety Dan Plato said youth development programs need to be
strengthened in communities.
MEC Plato was
speaking at a Youth Safety Summit in Bredasdorp in the Overberg on
Tuesday. This follows the brutal murder
of 17-year-old Anene Booysen last month.
The Youth Summit is
part of the provincial government’s whole society approach towards improving
safety in the province.
Ministerial
Spokesperson Greg Wagner said MEC Plato announced several initiatives that
would be benefiting the youth in Bredasdorp.
Among them would be the partnership between religious communities that
saw more than R1 million being handed out for youth development programmes
during the December holidays.
Wagner added that
this partnership would now go over to the Easter holiday where the religious
communities can apply for funding for youth development programmes, to keep the
youth occupied during the school holiday period.
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