Reprinted from iol.com, by Chevron Booysen – 2024-06-04 The Western Cape High Court has ruled it would be in the best interests of a 12-year-old boy to relocate to Germany following a custody battle between his divorced parents. Judge Gayaat Salie granted the mother, an air traffic controller who accepted a job offer in Germany, […]
What is it and why is it needed? Children’s rights are protected internationally by the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and they […]
What happens to a parent’s rights if they commit a criminal offence? According to the Department of Correctional Services (2021), in 2019 there were 162 875 inmates in South Africa, 97% of them male. According to the General Household Survey (2019) 42% of children in South Africa lived only with their mothers. Research conducted by […]
The mother of my child is refusing to give me access despite paternity test. What do I do? Reprinted from Parent24, by Athenkosi Mndende – 2022-01-20 Many parents email us with heavy hearts stating that they are being alienated from their children. Parental alienation happens when one parent refuses the other parent access to their child for no specific or real […]
Over a year ago, we wrote about a case brought by the University of Pretoria, appealing against a decision concerning Section 10 of the Births and Death Registration Act. The appeal found that Section 10, which requires a child born out of wedlock to be given the mother’s surname, is discriminatory. It discriminates against fathers […]
Who is right and who is wrong in this high-profile divorce? We often envy celebrities their money and their glamour, but popularity comes at a cost. Going through divorce is tough enough. Most of us are able to navigate this extremely difficult life event in private, calling on our closest friends and family for support. […]
