in perhaps the most groundbreaking proposed amendment to the act, if someone has knowledge, reasonable belief or suspicion that an act of domestic violence has been committed against a child, a person with disability or an older person and fails to report it to a social worker or police officer they can be fined and even imprisoned.

esona silungiso sicetywayo sigqibeleleyo salo mthetho, kukuba ukuba umntu unolwazi, inkolelo efanelekileyo okanye urhano lokuba isenzo sobundlobongela basekhaya senziwe emntwaneni, umntu okhubazekileyo okanye umntu omdala futhi othe wasilela ukusixela kunontlalontle, okanye kwipolisa banokuhlawuliswa kwaye bade bavalelwe entolongweni.
