Landmark ruling for SA parents

New moms and dads can now share the maternity leave allowed by law however it works best for their new family

- JONISAYI MAROMO

PRO-PALESTINIAN activists demonstrate outside the Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre yesterday afternoon demanding the release of activists detained after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza. Among the South African activists on board one of the many ships in the flotilla was Mandla Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela. Full story on Page 2. RAJESH JANTILAL

(RAJESH JANTILAL)

THE Constitutional Court yesterday handed down a landmark judgment, effectively equalising parental leave rights in South Africa by granting all parents equal entitlements, regardless of gender, sex, colour, or circumstances.

The court declared that parents will now be entitled to four months and 10 days of leave, which they may share between them.

This decision significantly alters the previous legal framework, which critics argued unfairly distinguished between maternity, parental, and adoption leave.