Support for elderly KZN woman assaulted by teen
Social workers have been deployed to the home of an elderly woman in KwaHlabisa in northern KwaZulu-Natal after a video of ther being assaulted by a teenager was circulated online.
In the clip, which went viral on social media, the 69-year-old is seen being hit with a stick after an exchange with the teen believed to be related to her.
Police say a 19-year-old, who was charged with common assault, appeared in court last week and was released on a warning.
KwaZulu-Natal Social Development's Ncumisa Ndelu says the teen, who's in Grade 11 and has a 13-month-old child, suffers from social behavioural problems.
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Ndelu says the elderly woman's receiving counselling.
"What they've found so far - is that the old woman lives alone. She has no children. They have offered her a selection of services including an offer to remove her from the area until the situation settles down," Ndelu said.
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