Zephany nurse
What the ConCourt ruling means for the media reporting on children
NGOs, led by the Centre for Child Law, won their challenge to have the identities of minor victims of crime protected, even after they turn 18.
The case emanated from that of Zephany Nurse, who discovered at 17 years and nine months that she was kidnapped as a baby.
Miché Solomon was kidnapped as a three-day-old infant and raised by her kidnapper.
Miché Solomon was abducted from Groote Schuur Hospital in 1997 when she was just three days old but was reunited with her biological family four years ago.
Miché Solomon, the young woman who was snatched shortly after her birth in 1997 and raised as her kidnapper's own child, speaks to CapeTalk's John Maytham about her new book.
This is an extract of the story of Miché Solomon, who was kidnapped when she was a baby named Zephany Nurse. She only found out the real circumstances of her birth 17 years later following a bizarre sequence of events.
She was reunited with her birth family just before her 18th birthday and all records of the ensuing case were sealed because she was a minor.
The Centre for Child Law is seeking the protection of the identities of child victims beyond the age of 18.
The NGO seek a ruling that prohibits details of victims, child witnesses and offenders past 18 years of age to be made public.
The North Gauteng High Court ruled that child offenders, victims and witnesses can be identified once they turn 18.
Ann Skelton weighs in as the matter of the identity of children in criminal proceedings heads to court.
The Centre for Child Law is asking that when the media reports on crimes or the courts, that children are not identified.
The High Court in Pretoria is due to hear arguments regarding the identification of children in criminal matters.
The 52-year-old Lavender Hill woman was sentenced to 10 years behind bars yesterday.
The 19-year-old’s kidnapper was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the WC High Court yesterday.
A relative of Zephany Nurse’s kidnapper claims the teenager wants nothing to do with her biological family.
A 52-year-old Lavender Hill woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for kidnapping the 3-day-old baby.
Judge Hlophe told the kidnapper she had to be punished for kidnapping Zephany Nurse in 1997.
The State has called for the woman to be sentenced to at least 15 years behind bars.