CHILDREN UNDER 18 TO BE PROTECTED FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS : GOVT

 GOVERNMENT is set to get tough on paedophiles with perpetrators facing prosecution for having sex with children under the age of 18 years. Cabinet yesterday approved the proposed amendment of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act to criminalise having sex with a child who is 16 years of age as it seeks to protect children from sexual exploitation in line with the Constitution.. While