According to the NPO, its box services provided a safe space for vulnerable women to safely leave their babies, which the Gauteng Department of Social Development argued was illegal and compromised the infants’ protection.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was shocked to receive a notice issued by the Gauteng Department of Social Development (DSD), declaring that “the practice of…
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It’s been four years since Namibia legalised ‘safe relinquishment’. By contrast, South Africa opposes legislation to end the unsafe abandonment of babies.