Ruling on adoption case reserved

Justice Key Dingake
Justice Key Dingake

Justice Key Dingake has reserved judgment in the case in which the biological father of an illegitimate child says that excludes fathers as per the Adoption Act is unconstitutional.

Geoffrey Khwarae sired 13-year-old Chedza Keaiketse with Bontle Keaiketse and is suing Bontle, Chedza, Bontle’s lover, Mothusiotsile Tlotleng, and the Attorney General.

“We contend that the applicant is being deprived of the rights to consent adoption of his child because he is not a woman,” said Khwarae’s lawyer Uyapo Ndadi during the argument of the case yesterday.

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