. The report proudly records some of the gains made by the Child Justice Act (No 75 of 2008). However, the report could expand more and include the extraordinary reduction in the number of children in prison (at par 321) - if the report included figures going back to 2000 - there were about 4000 children in prison then. . The report should be clearer about which children are awaiting trial and which are sentenced in terms of the statistics provided. . The minimum age of criminal capacity (MACC) as noted in the Child Justice Act (No 75 of 2008) at age 10 years, will be considered to be very controversial with the UN committee. The report foreshadows this but could go further. To this end, the report should emphasise Parliament's role in this regard as the MACC capacity must be reviewed by Parliament within 5 years (Child Justice Act came into op on 1 April 2010). . A major concern is the drop of numbers of children in the diversion system. This could be attributed to a problem in police understanding with interpreting what diversion entails. However, it must also be noted that there are a high number of police trained on the Child Justice Act (No 75 of 2008). 1. Executive engagement