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WHERE TO FIND THE FAMILY ADVOCATE IN YOUR AREA: ISSUED 2018 ENGLISH National Office Sibasa Mthatha Adv. C.J Maree Northern Cape George Adv. Petunia Seabi-Mathope Adv. R.D. Ramanenzhe Adv. M.S. Van Pletzen (Senior Family Advocate) Kimberley – Provincial Office Adv. J. Gerber Chief Family Advocate (Family Advocate) (Senior Family Advocate) Tel: 012 323 0760, Fax: 012 323 9566 Adv. P.M Molokwane (Senior Family Advocate) Ms C. Molai (Secretary to the Chief Tel: 015 960 1410 Tel: 047 532 3998, Pretoria [email protected] (Acting Principal Family Advocate) Tel: 044 802 4200, Family Advocate) [email protected] Fax: 047 532 5337 Postal Address: Private Bag X 88, (Senior Family Advocate) Fax: 044 802 4202 OFFICE OF THE FAMILY ADVOCATE Tel: 012 357 8022 Postal Address: Private Bag X 5005 [email protected] Pretoria, 0001. Tel: 053 833 1019/63, [email protected] Fax: 012 357 8043 Thohoyandou 0950. Physical Address: Postal Address: Private Bag X 5255 Physical Address: 4th Floor, Centre Fax: 053 833 1062/69 Postal Address: Private Bag X 6586, [email protected] Thohoyandou Magistrate Court Mthatha 5099. Physical Address: 6th Walk Building, C/o Thabo Sehume [email protected] George, 6530. Physical Address: Postal Address: Private Bag X 6071, THE BEST INTERESTS Postal Address: Private Bag X 81 Floor, Manpower Building, C/o & Pretorius Streets , Pretoria, 0001 Cnr Cradock & Cathedral Street, Pretoria 0001. Physical Address: Mpumalanga Elliot and Madeira Street, Kimberley, 8300. Physical Address: Bateleur Park Building, George, 329 Pretorius Street, Momentum Nelspruit – Provincial Office Mthatha, 5100 Soshanguve 5th Floor, New Public Building OF THE CHILD ARE Building, West Tower, Pretoria Adv. B. Mkhize (Magistrate Court), C/o Knight & 6529 Graaff Reinet Adv C.J Maree (Principal Family Advocate ) (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Stead Street, Kimberley, 8301 Adv. R. Claassen KwaZulu-Natal Free State Vacant Tel: 012 730 1000 Ext 1083 OF PARAMOUNT Bloemfontein – Provincial Office (Senior Family Advocate) (Principal Family Advocate) Durban – Provincial Office Tel: 049 891 1207, Fax: 049 891 1209 Fax: 012 799 8921 Upington Adv. M. Du Plooy Tel: 013 752 2755/ 2762/ 2920, [email protected] Adv P.M. Molokwane Adv. M. Ogorman IMPORTANCE (Acting Principal Family Advocate) Fax: 013 752 3657 / 4896 or [email protected] (Principal Family Advocate) Postal Address: 2 Parliament Str, Postal Address: Private Bag X7 (Acting Senior Family Advocate) (Senior Family Advocate) 086 754 2479 Advocate N.N. Khumalo Graaff-Reinet, 6280. Rosslyn, 0012. Tel: 054 337 5390, Fax: 086 507 5096 Tel: 051 447 1115 [email protected] Physical Address: C/o Soshanguve [email protected] (Senior Family Advocate) Fax: 051 430 5052 Postal Address: Private Bag X 11217, Physical Address: 2 Parliament Str, Graaff- Reinet, 6280 Magistrate’s Office Mabopane Postal Address: Private Bag X 5889 Tel: 031 310 6500 [email protected] Nelspruit,1200. Physical Address: No Highway (next to SAPS Soshanguve) Upington, 8800. Physical Address: Fax: 031 305 4130 Postal Address: P.O. Box 12457, 3 Marloth Street, Nelspruit, 1200 North West Block H, Soshanguve, 0152 1 Weideman Str, Upington, 8801 [email protected] Brandhof, 9324. Physical Address: Mafikeng - Provincial Office Vosman Postal Address: Private Bag 163 A Nelson Mandela Drive, 2nd Vacant (Principal Family Advocate) Mamelodi Western Cape Floor Sanlam Building, Bloemfontein Adv B. Mkhize X 54353, Durban, 4000. Adv. K.H. Masekwameng Adv C.J Maree Cape Town – Provincial Office (Principal Family Advocate) Physical Address: 143 Grove Street, (Acting Senior Family Advocate) (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv. S. Ebrahim Welkom Tel: 013 698 0055/ 073 154 7616, 15th Floor Maritime House, Tel: 018 388 9500, Tel: 012 805 4001/2 (Principal Family Advocate) Adv. M. Du Plooy Fax: 013 752 3657 Durban, 4001 Fax: 018 394 0915 Adv. N. Britz (Acting Senior Family Advocate) [email protected] Fax: 012 805 1878 [email protected] [email protected] (Senior Family Advocate) Tel: 057 353 1368/1375, Postal Address: Private Bag Newcastle Postal Address: Private Bag x2232 Postal Address: Private Bag X33 Tel: 021 426 1216, Fax: 021 424 6108 Fax: 057 916 2600 X 11217, Nelspruit, 1200. Adv. S. Dubazana Mafikeng South 2791. Physical Mamelodi West, 0122. Physical [email protected] [email protected] Physical Address: No:1 Address: 461/805 Steve Biko Drive, (Senior Family Advocate) Postal Address: Private Bag X 5, Mathew Phosa Drive, Vosman Address: C/o Mamelodi Postal Address: P.O. Box 136, Cape Unit 2, Mmabatho, 2745 (Black Magistrate’s Office, Mamelodi Town, 8000. Physical Address: 55 Tel: 034 326 4923, Welkom, 9460. Physical Address: (next to KG Mall) and White building not far from Fax: 034 326 4932 Magistrate Court, C/o Heerden 6996 Shabangu Ave, Union Castle Building, 10th Floor, Department of Social Development) [email protected] & Buiten Str, Welkom, 9460 Eastern Cape Mamelodi West, 0122 C/o House Street & St George’s Port Elizabeth- Provincial Office Rustenburg Mall, Cape Town Physical Address: 33 Murchison Bethlehem Adv R. Claassen Adv. K.H Masekwameng Johannesburg Street Newcastle/2940 Adv M. Du Plooy (Principal Family Advocate) (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv. DM Nameng Worcester (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv Joan Urban Tel: 014 592 0999/8 (Senior Family Advocate) Adv. P. Magcai Pietermaritzburg Tel: 058 303 5386 (Senior Family Advocate) Fax: 014 592 1039 Tel: 011 333 3724, Fax: 011 337 8189 (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv. R. Govender Postal Address: P/Bag X 27, Tel: 041 585 5718, Fax: 041 585 4459 [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 023 347 1238 (Senior Family Advocate) Bethlehem, 9700 [email protected] Physical Address: 139 Klopper Postal Address: Private Bag X 14, Fax: 023 347 1524 Tel: 033 342 0616, Fax: 033 342 0587 Magistrate Court, C/o Oxford Postal Address: Private Bag X 6080, Street Rustenburg 0300 Johannesburg, 2000. Physical E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Address: 94 Pritchard Street, & Grey Street, Bethlehem Port Elizabeth, 6000. Physical Klerksdorp Postal Address: Private Bag X 3045, Postal Address: Private Bag X 9134, 13th Floor, Schreiner Chambers, Address: No. 1 Bird Street, Adv. K. H. Masekwameng Worcester, 6849. Physical Address: Pietermaritzburg, 3200. Johannesburg, 2000 Limpopo Central, Port Elizabeth (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Worcester, 6849. Physical Address: Physical Address: 239 Church Street, Polokwane – Provincial Office Vacant No. 68 High Street, Worcester, 6849 Pietermaritzburg, 3200 Adv. M.E. Khesa East London (Senior Family Advocate) Palm Ridge (Principal Family Advocate) (Buffalo City) - EC Adv DM Nameng Mitchells Plain Tel: 018 464 8917 Ntuzuma Adv. L. Leshaba(Senior Adv. K. Gouden [email protected] (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv. N. Britz Family Advocate) (Senior Family Advocate) Tel: 010 232 2097 (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Adv. N.N Khumalo Postal Address: N/A. Physical Address: (Acting Senior Family Advocate) Tel: 015 291 1730 / 015 817 1200, Tel: 043 722 8866/7 PC Pelser Building, Cnr Anderson Fax. 086 507 5361 Tel: 021 370 4200 Tel: 034 530 4083 Fax: 015 817 1291/2 Fax: 043 722 8868 & Voortrekker, Klerksdorp, Palmridge [email protected] Fax: 021 391 3063 [email protected] [email protected] Postal Address: Private Bag [email protected] [email protected] Postal Address: Private Bag X 9681, Postal Address: Private Bag X 0003, Gauteng X 01, Palmridge, 1458. Physical Address: 1st Avenue, East Postal Address: Private Bag X 09, Polokwane, 0700. Physical Address: Southernwood, East London, 5213 Pretoria – Provincial Office Physical Address, C/o Palmridge Ridge, Mitchells Plain Verulam 4340. Physical Address: Polokwane High Court, No. 27 C/o Physical Address: 29 St Peters Adv. B. Makganyoha Magistrate‘s Office. C/o K146 and 88 Bridge City Boulevard, Biccard & Bodenstein Street, Road , Southernwood, East London, (Principal Family Advocate) Palmridge road, Palmridge, 1458 Industrial Area, 4068 Polokwane, 0700 5200 WHO IS THE FAMILY ADVOCATE Note: Parental responsibilities and rights agreements and parenting • The Family Advocate can amend or terminate parental WHO PAYS THE FAMILY ADVOCATE? plans have effect only if they are registered with the Family Advocate or responsibilities and rights agreements registered by the The Family Advocate is a legally qualified official appointed by the made an order of court. Family Advocate’s office. This means that the parties do not have The Family Advocate is employed by the Department of Justice and Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to promote and to go to court if they want to amend the agreement when the Constitutional Development and renders his/her services to the public protect the best interests of children in civil disputes regarding parental what ARE parental RESPONSIBILITIES need arises. free of charge at the State’s expenses. The parties to a legal dispute responsibilities and rights. • The Family Advocate uses legal expertise and dispute may be required to pay for additional expert reports, e.g. psychological Parental responsibilities and rights include, care of the child, contact resolution skills to help parents reach an agreeable solution to evaluation, and other forensic tests where those are critical to the The Family Advocate may, in terms of the law, appoint a Family Counsellor with the child, guardianship of the child and maintenance of the child. their dispute that is acceptable to the court. determination of the child’s best interests. who is a registered social worker or psychologist to assist them with • Courts are required by law to consider the report and/or certain expertise in an enquiry. HOW DOES THE FAMILY ADVOCATE DO THIS? recommendations of the Family Advocate when making a WHERE DOES ONE FIND THE FAMILY ADVOCATE? decision as to what is in the best interests of the minor child.
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