The Domestic Violence Act and Protection from Harassment Act respectively set out the procedures to be followed to obtain a Protection Order against someone. Protection Orders are critically important in providing safety and security for those most vulnerable people who are affected by domestic violence and/or harassment, but unfortunately
If you are going through a divorce or you are already divorced and experiencing parental alienation by the other parent you are not alone. Parental alienation describes a process through which a child becomes estranged from a parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent. Usually
The Children’s Act sets out the responsibilities and rights in respect of children which are acquired by parents (care, contact, guardianship and maintenance), and which allows for the immediate statutory enforcement of these in the various courts. Grandparents of children, however, do not readily acquire these same parental responsibilities
Given the age of technology that we are in and the reliance we place on the internet for just about everything, parents are concerned that inappropriate Internet content may jeopardise the health or safety of their children. Rightly so. The Internet can be wonderful for children. They can use
As South Africa slowly starts to recover from the insurmountable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic yet another atrocity has emerged, this time in the form of human rights abuse and money laundering. Kwasizabantu Mission is the most recent organisation to have been hit by serious allegations, which allegations include
In South Africa, the extent of sexual exploitation of children has increased drastically, and its nature has changed over time. On a regular basis, there are reports of cases of children rescued from human traffickers and from the clutches of sex slave rings. While some of the stories are
The increase in the heinous and brutal acts of domestic violence during South Africa’s lockdown period is difficult for many of us to conceptualise. What is most frightening however, is inadequate protection which a protection order is supposedly meant to provide to its victims. In terms of the Domestic
The Constitutional Court in 2005 found the exclusion of same-sex marriage in the Marriage Act to be unconstitutional and directed Parliament to rectify this issue within 12 months. Instead of amending the Marriage Act to include same-sex marriage, Parliament created the Civil Union Act. There was prevailing political pressure
With President Cyril Ramaphosa announcing that a number of our country’s lockdown regulations will be relaxed as we move to a level 1 lockdown from midnight on Sunday (20 September), many people are rejoicing at the prospect of getting back to some sense of normality. With the number of
Many parents are unsure as to what their responsibilities and rights are when it comes to their child or children. In cases of a divorce, it is often the case that one spouse may threaten the other spouse stating that they are going to get “full custody” of the
