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This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in September 2022.
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This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in June 2022.
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Abstract
Background & purpose
In response to the COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic, the South African government instituted strict lockdown and related legislation. Although this response was well intended, many believed it advanced children’s vulnerability to abuse and neglect. This article interrogates these concerns. It investigates how C-19 legislation enabled, or constrained, South African children’s protection from abuse and neglect and appraises the findings from a social-ecological resilience perspective with the aim of advancing child protection in times of emergency.
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Child protection services are seen as the largest field of social work service delivery in South Africa. Repeated warnings of the ‘crisis state’ of child protection services have gone unheeded. The aim of this article is to determine the current landscape of child protection service delivery and research within the South African context. The developmental social welfare approach was used as the epistemological framework for this systematic review. Findings indicated a significant emphasis on statutory services and a lack of resources for family preservation efforts. Appropriate costing models…
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Family constitutes more than simple living arrangements, and these systems are of pivotal development importance in sub-Saharan Africa. The diversity of family structures and types in sub-Saharan Africa has warranted an examination of the various policies and laws in the region. This paper examines all policy and laws related to families in the South, West, East and Central regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The paper highlights the sundry of policies and laws that are influenced by cultural and religious differences within and across regions. Issues relating to patriarchy and…
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This chapter examines the development of child justice system in South Africa. It demonstrates how the system of child justice gained constitutional recognition and how the ratification and domestication of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Hague Conventions on Abduction and Adoption ushered in a comprehensive legislation on the protection of the rights of the children who are in conflict with the law or in need of care and protection. The chapter examines the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 which were the new sets of legislation enacted…
This Save the Children South Africa Child Safeguarding Policy was created to ensure that all members of staff and representatives take steps at all levels to reduce the risk of harm to children in all areas of work. This document includes protocols, procedures and guidelines for anyone within the organization to prevent and respond to child protection concerns when they arise.
Abstract: The analytical approach of this article is inspired by C. Wright Mills' (1959) notion of "the sociological imagination." Individual experience is viewed through the lens of the wider social context, particularly that of the organization. The socio-organizational context is then viewed through the lens of individual experience. The aim of this bi-directional gaze is to explore the relationship between individual experience and wider society. And in doing so, to identify and reveal the shared motifs--the significant, recurrent themes and patterns--that link and…
This chapter from the South African Child Gauge 2018 reviews national policies supporting families as well as other services in South Africa that seek to strengthen families and address the needs of vulnerable families in the country. The chapter presents a national policy framework for supporting families, including the guiding principles of family support policies in South Africa and the range of support services available through these policies. The chapter defines those policies designed to provide universal support services to families - including parental…
This chapter from the South African Child Gauge 2018 reviews the latest developments in law and policy affecting children in South Africa. This essay analyses a number of policy and legislative developments between July 2017 and October 2018 that affect children’s rights. These include:
- reforms at the final stages such as the coming into effect of amendments to the Maintenance Act;
- bills before Parliament including the Traditional Courts Bill, draft Rates and Monetary Amounts Amendment Bill (VAT increase), and the Social…