Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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So, for example, the
Department of Water
Affairs and Forestry
would be responsible
for improving access to
piped water, because
a lack of piped water
forces children to spend
more time fetching and
carrying water.
Some of the DoL’s
responsibilities include: i
inspectors to address
child labour;
provisions such as
those contained in
the Basic Conditions
of Employment Act
75/1997;
awareness on child
labour.
Protection
from child
labour
The Basic Conditions
of Employment
Act prohibits the
employment of
children under
certain circumstances
(see ‘Targeted
beneficiaries’).
If a case of child
labour is reported
to the DoL, or to
any DoL inspector,
the Department
can prosecute the
employer and, if found
guilty, the employer
can be fined or
imprisoned for up to
three years.
Targeted beneficiaries
The Act prohibits
employment of:
under the age of 15;
minimum schoolleaving
age where
this is higher than 15;
but younger than 18,
whose employment
is inappropriate for
the age of the child,
whose employment
places the child’s
well-being, education,
physical or mental
health, or spiritual or
moral development
at risk;
labour.
DoL
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