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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…
This video illustrates the work of child and youth care workers in South Africa. The video provides instruction on the code of ethics and other standards of care for those who work in the field of Child and Youth Care.
The Minimum Package is a guide to encourage the harmonizing of service delivery for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children and Youth (OVCY) across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Member States can adopt or adapt these standards and guidelines at the national level. The Minimum Package identifies the basic needs of children and youth and the services they require as well as complementing services needed to deliver basic services. It also identifies the primary and secondary sectors and actors that can respond and how their services can be delivered in a coordinated,…
This study sought to assess, analyse and inform the different forms of vulnerabilities affecting children and youth, and their effects and existing strategies and programmes addressing the challenges and vulnerabilities facing orphans, vulnerable children and youth (OVCY) in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. The study also sought to propose recommendations for improvement, and development of minimum standards for OVCY and the finalisation of the SADC OVCY Strategic Framework.
The State’s first responsibility to children is supporting the capacity of families to provide adequately for their children’s needs. When a child’s family is unable or unwilling to provide adequate protection and care or when a child is separated, the State is responsible for ensuring protection and alternative care. Such support is made available through a social welfare system, which may include services provided by the Government as well as those of non-governmental organizations.
The Assessments of Capacity to Manage Alternative Care analyze the ability of national…
The study observed 6 institutions, 3 registered, 3 unregistered, and evaluated financial sustainability, methods of managing care, impacts on children, whether the unregistered institutions are serving a need, and options for unregistered institutions. The article outlines the needs and rights of the child, as well as various methods of intervention such as home-based care and community-based support. The article also outlines case studies from each institution within the study.
The study found that financial sustainability is connected to governance and care issues, but…