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.

mohlomongwe phetošo ye bohlokwa kudu go molao wo, ke ge motho a tseba, a dumela ka fao go kwagalago goba a belaela gore go na le tiro ya dikgaruru tša ka malapeng ye e dirilwego kgahlanong le ngwana, kgahlanong le mogolofadi goba kgahlanong le motšofadi gomme a palelwa ke go bega tiragalo yeo go modirelaleago goba go tirelo ya maphodisa ya afrika borwa (saps) motho yoo a ka faenwa goba aromelwa kgolegong.
