Khulama Family Counselling Centre
Serves victims of GBV, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and children at risk across Centurion and surrounding communities ** Khuluma renders counselling and support at four VEP centres / Victim Friendly Rooms: 1. **Mooiplaas VEP centre** 2. **Olievenhoutbosch VEP centre** 3. **Wierdapark VEP centre** 4. **Lyttelton VEP centre** (All four are at or near local SAPS stations — contact 012 660 3532 to confirm current operational hours at each centre) **Mamelodi Hospital — Thuthuzela Care Centre:** Khuluma provides comfort to survivors of sexual abuse at the one-stop care centre facility at **Mamelodi Hospital** — providing a caring, dignified environment, warmth, safety, and basic comfort packs to survivors presenting at the TCC. **Services:** 1. **Crisis counselling and psychosocial support** at four VEP/VFR centres — for survivors of GBV, DV, sexual violence, and abuse 2. **TCC survivor support** — Mamelodi Hospital (comfort packs, dignity, warmth on arrival) 3. **Children's psychosocial support** — for vulnerable children and children at risk in Mooiplaas and Olievenhoutbosch areas; counselling by qualified counsellors and social workers; support groups for learners to share challenges and successes 4. **Economic empowerment / skills training for survivors** — two established sewing groups: - **Ratanang Ladies** (Mooiplaas) — sewing and crafts for own use and income - **Umthandazo Ladies** (Wierdapark) — sewing and crafts; income-generating Also: business skills workshops for women, helping survivors improve economic stability 5. **Men and Boys Programme** — engaging men and boys in dialogue about gender roles, relationship patterns, violence, and accountability; addressing community norms and practices that underpin GBV 6. **Community awareness campaigns** — information sessions and outreach on GBV prevention, rights, and available services
Contact & Location
- Lerato
- 84 Bosduif Cresent, Centurion, 0149, Gauteng
Opening Hours
Opening hours not available. Contact the organisation directly.
About
VEP centres: at the point of reporting
Khuluma operates at four VEP (Victim Empowerment Programme) centres located within or adjacent to SAPS stations in Mooiplaas, Olievenhoutbosch, Wierdapark, and Lyttelton. The logic of this placement is important: the moment a survivor walks into a police station to report GBV, they are in a moment of acute vulnerability. A trained Khuluma counsellor at the adjacent VEP centre means that the process of crisis support can begin at the same time as the criminal reporting process — not days or weeks later.
Counsellors at the VEP centres provide: crisis stabilisation and emotional support; psychosocial care; information about rights, court processes, and protection orders; referral to shelter, legal services, and specialist health care; and ongoing counselling for those who return.
Mamelodi Hospital TCC
At the Mamelodi Hospital Thuthuzela Care Centre — a one-stop government facility for sexual violence survivors — Khuluma counsellors are present to provide something that is often undervalued in a clinical environment: warmth. Basic comfort packs are provided to survivors of sexual abuse so that they can walk in dignity. The attributes of care — feeling safe, supported, respected, and heard — are explicitly named as part of what Khuluma brings to this setting.
Children's psychosocial support
In Mooiplaas and Olievenhoutbosch, Khuluma provides psychosocial support specifically to vulnerable children and children at risk — children who may be witnessing DV at home, be exposed to substance abuse, or be living under the constant stress of poverty and community violence. Qualified counsellors and a social worker provide individual sessions and support groups where learners share challenges and successes with one another under experienced facilitation.
Economic empowerment for survivors
Escaping an abusive relationship often means facing destitution — having no income, no assets, nowhere to go. Khuluma addresses this through practical economic empowerment: two sewing groups, the Ratanang Ladies in Mooiplaas and the Umthandazo Ladies in Wierdapark, provide women with marketable skills and the beginnings of financial independence. Business skills workshops extend this support. Economic stability is, for many survivors, the foundation on which safety becomes possible.
Men and boys: engaging the source
Khuluma explicitly recognises that sustained change requires engaging men and boys — not simply working with female survivors. Its Men and Boys Programme enters into dialogue with male community members about gender roles, relationship dynamics, violence and aggressive behaviour, and the social norms and cultural practices that produce GBV. This is not punitive work: it is a conversation about change.
Khuluma Family Counselling: 012 660 3532 / 83 Tortelduif Crescent, Wierdapark, Centurion. Free. Four VEP centres (Mooiplaas, Olievenhoutbosch, Wierdapark, Lyttelton). Mamelodi Hospital TCC support. Children's psychosocial support. Sewing groups + business skills. Men and Boys Programme. GBV crisis: 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7).