the new criminal and related matters amendment act protects the vulnerable from secondary victimisation by allowing courts to appoint intermediaries through which a minor, a disabled person or an elderly person can be examined in proceedings.

umthetho ochitshiyelwe omusha wobugebengu kanye namacala ahlobene nawo uvikela ababuthakathaka ekuhlukunyezweni kwesibili ngokuvumela izinkantolo ukuthi ziqoke abalamuli abazoba khona lapho ingane encane, umuntu ophila nokukhubazeka noma umuntu osekhulile ephoswa imibuzo ekuqulweni kwecala.
