Sowetan
January 5, 2010
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1102118
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| Dr Skelton is the director of the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria |
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| Bishop Paul Verryn giving communion at the church |
Dr Ann Skelton has been appointed as the legal guardian of 56 unaccompanied Zimbabwean minors at the Central Methodist Church in central Johannesburg.
The Democratic Alliance’s Jack Bloom welcomed the appointment this morning by the South Gauteng High Court, saying: "I hope that this helps to resolve the problems that have bedeviled a solution to the plight of these children".
"Dr Skelton needs to restore trust between all the parties so that the children can be relocated to more suitable premises without fear that their rights will be neglected or that they will be deported.
"It is important that they get an education and are protected from sexual abuse such as is alleged to have occurred at the church."
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