The decision to prosecute children between the ages of 12 and 16 for having consensual sex has outraged children’s human-rights activists.
The Teddy Bear Clinic and Resources aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect filed papers to challenge anomalies in the Sexual Offences Act.
Child witnesses are often made to confront their assailants, write Anita Funke and Sandiso Phaliso.
