| Report abuse of vulnerable persons | Report abuse of vulnerable persons | | <img alt="City Connect" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20Connect%20Header%20Image.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <div class="ExternalClass45FC731B5DAE460681780F0E919D7891"><p>If you suspect a vulnerable person is in need of care and protection, you can help by reporting it to the authorities. Vulnerable persons include children, women and older persons.</p>
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<h2 class="sectHeading">How to identify a vulnerable person</h2></span>
<p>A vulnerable person in need of care and protection includes an individual who:</p><ul><li>has their income, assets or old age grant taken against their wishes, or suffers any other economic abuse;</li><li>has been removed from their property against their wishes, or unlawfully evicted from any property they occupy;</li><li>has been neglected or abandoned without any means of support;</li><li>lives or works on the streets and begs for a living;</li><li>abuses or is addicted to a substance without any support or treatment for substance abuse or addiction;</li><li>lives in a situation where they may be seduced, abducted or sexually exploited;</li><li>lives in a situation which may harm them physically or mentally; or</li><li></li><li></li><li>has been physically, mentally or socially neglected.</li></ul>
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<h2 class="sectHeading">How to report abuse</h2></span>
<p>You can report the abuse to a social worker who will then work with a police official to investigate the situation. You can also report the abuse directly to the SAPS.</p><p>You can call the
<a href="https://www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/social-development" target="_blank">Western Cape Government’s Department of Social Development (DSD)<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> on
<em><a>021 426 5255</a></em>. The report will result in an investigation being conducted.<br></p> | | GP0|#1507116b-8727-4c55-94f0-ee33079f96fa;L0|#01507116b-8727-4c55-94f0-ee33079f96fa|Report abuse;GTSet|#a7cfb90d-44ad-4426-98ce-565f79932396;GPP|#d33d4bac-828f-4051-af8d-b976c98827ef | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If you suspect a vulnerable person has been abused, you can help by reporting the abuse. | 0 |
