Parliament, Friday, 4 June 2021 - The Portfolio Committee on Social Development will on Sunday kick-start its public hearings into the Children’s Amendment Bill (CAB) in Limpopo’s Vhembe District.
The Bill is meant to improve foster care services to children. It is also intended to resolve parental responsibilities of unmarried fathers, child marriages, services to children born to foreign parents and unaccompanied migrant children. Limpopo and Mpumalanga are the first provinces to be visited by the committee for public hearings on the Bill.
The committee will hold public hearings on the Bill in Limpopo as follows:
District: Vhembe
Date: Sunday, 6 June 2021
Venue: Makwarela Community Hall (Thulamela)
Time: 10h00
District: Mopani
Date: Monday, 7 June 2021
Venue: Lenyenye Community Hall (Greater Tzaneen)
Time: 10h00
District: Capricorn
Date: Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Venue: Jakes Botes Hall (Polokwane)
Time: 10h00
District: Sekhukhune
Date: Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Venue: Moses Mabotha Civic Hall (Makhuduthamaga)
Time: 10h00
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