SA travel law may affect small businesses owned by women

Monday, 12 October 2015, 15:44
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SA travel law may affect small businesses owned by women
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NATIONAL NEWS - Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says the Home Affairs Department’s new laws on child travel could have unintended consequences on small businesses run by women.

The new requirements, stipulating that minors traveling to and from South Africa must have an unabridged birth certificate, came into effect in June.

Madonsela says many female entrepreneurs in South Africa own micro businesses, which require them to travel out of the country to buy goods, often taking their children along.

The public protector was speaking at the Pan African Parliament Women’s Conference where she addressed the need to improve the economic standing of African women.
 

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