Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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becomes aware of a
child in need of care
and protection, to:
and well-being
of the child if the
child’s safety or
well-being is at risk.
The police official
may, in terms of the
Children’s Act (s151,
152), remove the
child from his or her
place of residence
and place the
child in temporary
safe care, with or
without a court
order, if the police
official believes, on
reasonable grounds,
that the child is in
need of care and
protection and needs
immediate emergency
protection;
report the matter of
abuse, neglect or
other circumstances
relating to the child
in need of care and
protection to the
provincial DoSD
or a designated
child protection
organisation, as well
as any steps that
have been taken with
regard to the child. v
degraded by a parent
or caregiver.
Section 150(2) further
provides that the
following children
may be in need of
care and protection: a
child that is a victim
of child labour, and a
child in a child-headed
household.
Children that are
victims of sexual
abuse and other sexual
offences
Section 1 of the
Children’s Act defines
sexual abuse in
relation to a child as
(a) sexually molesting
or assaulting a child
or allowing a child to
be sexually molested
or assaulted, (b)
encouraging, inducing
or forcing a child to
be used for the sexual
gratification of another
person, (c) using a
child in or deliberately
exposing a child to
sexual activities or
pornography, (d)
procuring or allowing
a child to be procured
for commercial sexual
exploitation or in
any way participating
or assisting in the
commercial sexual
exploitation of a child.
The Films and
Publications Act
65/1996 makes the
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