School predator vetting failures put government on trial
Why SECTION27 is in court The group says the law is clear: the Department of Social Development must maintain the register, the Department of Basic Education and provincial departments must vet staff against it, and the Justice Department must ensure court registrars report names of people found unsuitable to work with children.” The organisation wanted the court to compel the Departments of Social Development, Justice and Constitutional Development, Basic Education, the provincial education departments and the South African Police Service to report predators without delay, place their names on the register and keep them out of child-contact jobs.
The public interest group says the National Child Protection Register (NCPR) is being badly underused and poorly maintained, leaving children exposed to people who should never be working with them.
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