Judgment Gives Hope in Child Abuse Cases

In a landmark decision last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that South African courts cannot treat sexual abuse cases as equivalent to other damages cases, and that abused children must have a right of recourse against their abusers.

See      http://allafrica.com/stories/200410050281.html

And http://www.roylaw.co.za/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.article&pageID=6218762&ArticleID=2494903