For the Applicant: Advocate HM Meintjies SC. For the First Respondent: Advocate V Soni SC and Advocate A Platt instructed by the State Attorney. For the Second and Third Respondents: Advocate PPJ de Jager SC and Mr Pieter Van R Coetzee instructed by the Legal Aid Board. For the First and Second Amici Curiae: Advocate AM Skelton instructed by the Centre for Child Law. For the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Amici Curiae: Advocate K Pillay and Advocate E Nel instructed by the Legal Resources Centre. For the Sixth Amicus Curiae: Advocate K Pillay and Advocate M Ioannou instructed by the Women’s Legal Centre.