Court to rule on ‘expiry date’ for cases involving sexual offences

Activists are pinning their hope on the South Gauteng High Court case examining an application to set aside the law that puts an “expiry date” on opening a case of indecent and sexual assault against perpetrators.

The court heard last week that this law was harmful and disadvantageous to the victims, who wish to see perpetrators brought to book no matter how long it took to file a case with police and charge them.

The matter was brought to court by Nicole Levenstein and others who alleged that Sidney Frankel committed a range of sexual offences against the applicants between 1976 and 1991.