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South Africa: Making Sexual Offenders Registry Public a Recipe for Disaster - Legal Expert
News24Wire, 24 September 2019
Following the high prevalence of violence against women and children in the month of August, the question over whether the sexual offenders registry should be open to the public… Read more »
Should South Africa's Sexual Offences Register Be Made Public?
South Africa's National Register for Sexual Offenders, established through an Act of Parliament in 2007, details a list of persons convicted of sexual offences against children and mentally disabled people. Making the register public, is a "recipe for disaster" says one legal expert.
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