maternity leave, medical care
THIS year has once again seen the courts in our country making life a bit easier for people – from parents who can now both apply for maternity leave, mothers and children who can obtain free medical assistance, to enabling prisoners to study while behind bars.
The courts also did not forget those who are stateless, as it assisted a boy born nearly four years ago who will for the first time officially have a name and legal standing in South Africa after red tape had denied him this right up to now.
The parents child did everything asked of them by the Department of Home Affairs to register the
