Following the release of government’s National Family Policy, the South African Police Service (SAPS) recently re-launched the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Units (FCS).
The reinstatement of the specialised FCS units is encouraging news for families especially in light of the recent spate of child abductions, rapes and murders in South Africa.
There appears to be a sudden spike in child crimes around the country. Please encourage your congregations to set aside time to specifically pray into the heinous attacks on children.
I am maintaining pressure on Parliament to finalise and pass the Anti-Trafficking Bill this year. I must commend Zara Nicholson of the Cape Times whose excellent articles exposed the corruption inherent in the sex industry and focussed attention on the abuse of sex trafficking.
Check out these excellent expose's Inside the Sex Trade and Committee Mulls Trafficking Bill
Some more encouraging news, this time from the UK is that the government of David Cameron has struck a deal with Britain’s top four internet providers to protect children from pornography.
Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography.
David Cameron will unveil the measures at a meeting with the Mothers' Union, a Christian charity.
The group's chief executive, Reg Bailey, led a review in tandem with Department of Education staff into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children. The Bailey report earlier this year produced a raft of proposals to shield children from sexualised imagery.
The recommendations of the report - Letting Children be Children, published on 6 June 2011 - included providing parents with one single website to make it easier to complain about any programme, advert, product or service, putting age restrictions on music videos and ensuring retailers offer age-appropriate clothes for children.
Government and business will partner on initiatives like ending the sale of inappropriately "sexy" clothing for young children, for example underwired bras and T-shirts with suggestive slogans.
I have sent this report to Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Fatima Chohan. FPI in partnership with the Film & Publication Board is looking at ways to effectively protect children from pornography.
While shopping for clothing for our grandchildren, Arlene and I could not help notice that children’s clothing, underwear and swimwear are becoming increasingly age inappropriate.
The sexualisation of children is becoming a major problem in South Africa. Major retail stores are following this bizarre international trend and must be confronted by responsible parents.
As we approach the Christmas holiday season and in view of the alarming rise of sexual attacks against young children – I encourage Christian parents to please remain vigilant.
If you notice age inappropriate children’s clothing in a store, please politely inform the manager of the increase in sexual violence against children and request he remove the merchandise.
If a store ignores your request, please send the name of the store, its location and the description of the offending clothing to me at enaidoo@familypolicyinstitute.com so I can pursue the matter.
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Errol Naidoo
http://www.familypolicyinstitute.com/
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