Sexual Offences and Community Affairs

Adv Bonnie Currie-Gumwo
Special Director of Public Prosecutions

Adv Aaron Raletjena
Senior Deputy Director

Adv Pierre Smith
Senior Deputy Director

Adv Kombisa Mbakaza
Deputy Director

Adv Maggie Tserere
Deputy Director

Adv Lizelle Africa
Acting Deputy Director

SOCA

Maintenance
Child Justice
Domestic Violence
Sexual Offences
Sexual Offences Indaba 2008
Sexual Offences Indaba 2009
Human Trafficking
Thuthuzela Brochure

Maintenance

Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) Unit

The SOCA Unit was established in October 1999 with the main objective of eradicating all forms of gender-based violence against women and children. Since its establishment the Unit has made an extremely valuable contribution in this regard. read more...

Child Justice

Children in Conflict with the Law

Age

The mandate of the section is to ensure effective and efficient management of young offenders by prosecutors. These children are sometimes called children in conflict with the law. According to our Constitution, they are children from 0 to 18 years. The age of criminal capacity in South African Law is 10 years, so we are talking about children from 10 to 18 years. In South Africa, we have decided not to use the term juveniles when talking about juvenile offenders, it has a negative connotation of labeling them as criminals; hence we use children to be in line with Section 28 of our Constitution. read more...

Domestic Violence

Sexual Offences

THE KOPANONG DECLARATION

365 DAYS OF ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

We, the participants at this watershed conference agree on a coordinated and comprehensive approach to ending violence against women and children; read more...

Sexual Offences Indaba 2008