Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Police, SAPS and the NPA
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labour, employing a
child for the purposes
of commercial sexual
exploitation, using a
child for trafficking,
or using a child for
the commission of
an offence listed in
Schedule 1 or 2 of the
Criminal Procedure
Act 51/1977, to report
the matter to a police
official.
Section 4 of the
Prevention of Family
Violence Act 133/1993
requires any person
who examines, treats,
attends to, advises,
instructs or cares for
any child who suspects
that the child has been
abused, to report this
to, inter alia, a police
official.
Section 54(1) of the
Criminal Law (Sexual
Offences and Related
Matters) Amendment
Act 32/2007 imposes
a mandatory duty on
any person who has
knowledge of a sex
offence against a child
to report it to the
police. Failure to do so
is a criminal offence.
The Children’s Act
requires the police
official to whom a
report is made in terms
of the Act (or any
of the other Acts, by
implication), or who
Children that are
exploited
The Children’s Act
defines exploitation as
‘(a) all forms of slavery
or practices similar
to slavery, including
debt bondage or
forced marriage; (b)
sexual exploitation; (c)
servitude; (d) forced
labour or services; (e)
child labour prohibited
by the Act; (f) the
removal of body parts’
(s1).
Children in need of
care and protection
Section 150(1) of the
Children’s Act defines
a child in need of care
and protection as a
child that (1) has been
abandoned, (2) displays
behaviour which
cannot be controlled by
the parent or caregiver,
(3) lives or works on
the streets or begs for
a living, (4) is addicted
to drugs or alcohol and
is without support to
obtain treatment, (5) is
exploited or exposed to
exploitation, (6) may be
at risk if returned to the
custody of its parents
or caregivers because
that return will expose
him or her to risk of
serious harm, (7) is
physically or mentally
neglected, (8) is being
maltreated abused,
neglected or
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