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.

mo go tse dingwe tsa dikarolo tse di kwalolotsweng sešwa tse di botlhokwa thata mo molaong ono, ke karolo e e reng fa go na le motho yo a nang le kitso, a dumela kgotsa a belaela gore go na le ngwana, motho yo a tshelang ka bogolofadi kgotsa motho yo a tsofetseng yo a bogisiwang ka pogiso ya tirisodikgoka magareng ga batho ba ba leng mo kgolaganong ya lorato mme a nna kgang eno ka marago a sa begele motlhankedi wa loago kgotsa tirelo ya sepodisi sa aforika borwa (saps) motho yoo a ka tlhaodisiwa kgotsa a tswalelwa kwa kgolegelong.
