Case In Point | B-BBEE legal code inclusion push and orphanages phase-out plan by 2030

Transformation of the legal system has taken centre stage in the courts in recent weeks, as government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment codes for legal firms came under spotlight. The codes set racial and gender targets for larger law firms to apply within 5-years. We discuss the legal implications of these developments.

The Social Development Department says it wants to remove children who are living at public and private care homes countrywide by 2030, as part of its policy of deinstitutionalisation. It’s hoping to either return them to private homes, where’ll they’ll live with their biological families, or place them with extended family, foster, or adoptive parents. But experts are doubtful over whether either the concept or the timeframe are fully workable.

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