Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Police, SAPS and the NPA
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deliberate neglect
and exploitation
under the
Children’s Act
and the Children’s
Amendment Act;
pornography in terms
of the Films and
Publications Act.
Protection
and support
services for
children who
are victims
of sexual
offences and
exploitation
The new Sexual
Offences Act together
with the National
Instructions 3/2008 on
Sexual Offences make
provision for a number
of support services to
be provided by the
SAPS for victims of
sexual offences.
Targeted beneficiaries
Children younger than
18 who are victims
of sexual offences as
defined in the previous
rows
Ideally the FCS
officers/units within
SAPS, failing which,
any police official
When a victim reports
a sexual offence, the
police official must:
take the victim’s
statement in a private
space; provide
reassurance to the
victim of his or her
safety; determine if the
victim requires medical
assistance and, if so,
make arrangements for
him or her to obtain it;
ask the victim if they
would like another
person present; record
the victim’s statement
in writing; be mindful
of the victim’s emotions
when taking the
statement; and open a
docket and register it. vii
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