Stop the violence against women and children

Guidelines for domestic violence cases

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has launched a set of guidelines that will be used to assist magistrates on how to effectively deal with cases involving victims of domestic violence.

SA to clamp down on child labour

The government has released the draft Child Labour Programme of Action as part of its plans to reduce the number of South African children - currently estimated at around one million - who are forced into labour.

SA's child porn tip-off website

The government is to launch an anti-child pornography website in July, and is urging South Africans to report incidents and provide tip-offs anonymously.

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