Adoption powers lie with Childrenâs Court
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The Childrenâs Court is not precluded from deciding on adoption, irrespective of whether or not the Department of Social Development issues a letter of recommendation regarding prospective parentsâ suitability to adopt children.
This is according to a judgment by the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. The matter related to two sets of prospective parents who approached the court after the department, for no reason, said it did not recommend the adoptions of the children in their cases.
The desperate applicants in both cases said they had already formed a bond with the children, who were in desperate need of loving homes.
Muizenberg residents shaken after weekend crimes hit area
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MUIZENBERG residents are shaken after thwarting two suspects who attempted to hijack cars shortly after they had tied up and robbed an 82-year-old woman during a burglary in Moselle Road on Friday.
The two armed suspects, one in his 20’s and the other in his 30’s, broke into the woman’s home and tied her up with cable ties before fleeing the scene Friday morning.
According to police, the two went on to rob another person of a cellphone just several metres from the Moselle residence.
Spokesperson Novela Potelwa said that once the suspects got to the Main Road, they attempted to hijack a vehicle driven by a woman.