Recently, Cause for Justice Executive Director, Ryan Smit, met with officials of the Department of Basic Education to engage on concerns regarding its Draft National Policy on the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy.

Cause for Justice Executive Director, Ryan Smit, had the privilege to visit Washington DC from 2 to 12 April 2018 as part of the scoping phase of a new initiative to educate and empower South African individuals, families and communities to effectively combat the scourge of pornography and to eradicate it from our society.

Recently, there has been a rise in discussions about the possible reform of South African prostitution laws.

In December 2017, a resolution to decriminalise adult prostitution was adopted at the ANC National Elective Conference. The adoption of the resolution signals an intention to completely depart from the current South African legal position that prostitution and all prostitution-related activities are criminal offences.

What Hefner tried to sell as emancipating and empowering, history and research has shown to be utterly enslaving and profoundly disempowering.

Although there is a lot in the court’s judgment to be pleased about, such pleasantness is dependent on a right response from SGBs in predominantly religious communities.