Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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The police official must
also advise victims,
when laying a charge,
of: their right in terms
of section 28 of the
New Sexual Offences
Act to receive PEP at
health facilities at the
expense of the state
and of the importance
of obtaining PEP; viii
their right to apply
to a magistrate for
compulsory testing of
the alleged offender; ix
and the importance
of and need to obtain
medical advice and
assistance for other
sexually transmitted
infections other than
HIV/AIDS. x
The National
Instructions for Sexual
Offences includes
‘Guidelines relating
to the taking of a
statement of a child
victim’. In terms of
these guidelines, the
police official taking a
child victim’s statement
must:
taking the sworn
statement, that the
child understands the
oath or affirmation. It
is generally accepted
that children younger
than 12 cannot
understand the
oath and therefore
cannot give a sworn
statement;
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