DA welcomes stance taken on maintenance defaulters

Lusanda Bill
20 November 2014

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the adoption by the Department of Justice to find and arrest maintenance defaulters.

DA MP Denise Robinson said child maintenance is a legally binding agreement to be paid regularly and on time.

The DA said this idea was created by them when they came into power in the Western Cape where they prioritised the problem of men and women who do not pay their child maintenance.

Failure to do so should carry real consequences. 

Robinson said the DA will assist the department as much as we can but we want parents to know that when they have children they must take responsibility for them always.

“We cannot have people defaulting on their maintenance payments because the lives of children and their futures are dependent on this. So we are working closely with the Justice Department also with the Credit Bureaus and we will make sure that we help trace the people who are defaulting” Robinson added.