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Child protection recommendation not guaranteed by SA government despite baby death inquest
The SA government says it "cannot commit" to stamping out a practice that enables child protection authorities to formally ...
23% of South Africa's children suffer from severe hunger: Experts tested solutions
Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the ...
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Children 'excluded' from school photos and play dates, as advocates say SA's child protection laws are 'over-zealous'
"It was the worst," one child explained to SA's child protection oversight body. "They do it all the time," another said. Multiple children in SA's child protection system have experienced this ...
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SA's Department for Child Protection did not remove children from mother despite being in 'urine-soaked' clothes
The sentencing judge said a social worker from the Department for Child Protection had visited the family just weeks before but did not take action despite seeing them in "urine-soaked pyjamas".
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Fears child protection, domestic violence workers could quit under SA registration scheme
Domestic violence and child protection workers could leave if South ... The scheme – touted by the SA Government as the first of its kind in Australia — requires social workers to become ...