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From 9 News: In the wake of Madonna’s adoptions in nearby Malawi, and a commercial surrogacy boom in India, South Africa is laying out stricter rules for foreigners looking to make families here.Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa. In 2010, a [...]
From IOL.com: The former owner of a Durban North children’s shelter will be charged with several counts of child trafficking and fraud.This was heard in the Durban Magistrate’s Court yesterday when Hester Elizabeth van Schalkwyk made a brief appearance. Van Schalkwyk, 60, was arrested in February this year for allegedly carrying out an illegal adoption [...]
From News24: A state social worker has been exposed selling babies for adoption. The revelations have sparked a top-level police investigation that will probe the possibility that this was connected to a wider child-trafficking and adoption syndicate. Sharon Mushokabanji was employed as a social worker at Child Welfare in Kempton Park, but had faked her [...]
Senior Government officials from 15 States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region will meet in Pretoria from 23 to 25 February 2010 to determine ways to strengthen cross-border co-operation for the protection of children at risk and better regulate intercountry adoption. The meeting will focus on the problems resulting from cross-border movements of unaccompanied [...]