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20 February 2024
As the nation eagerly anticipates Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's delivery of the Budget Speech on Wednesday, the Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) emphasises the crucial need to prioritise children in the budget. To read more, click HERE .
11 November 2023
The MTBPS is not child-friendly nor child-centred, yet affects the children’s fundamental lived realities. Furthermore, children are not consulted in these decisions that directly impact their lives. These are some of the opinions raised by the Child Government Monitors (CGMs) in the Office of the ...
27 September 2023
Three child human rights defenders from the Western Cape have been given the opportunity to address the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and advocate for the rights of children in their province and country. Rushaan Abdol (15), Solakha Noyi (16), and Ruan Klaase (16) are ...
29 June 2023
As the country observes the Child Protection Week between 29 May to 5 June 2023, to raise awareness of the rights of children, the office of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children has taken cognisance of the ongoing resource constraints and other challenges that had befallen the child ...
17 September 2021
The Western Cape Commissioner for Children’s first Annual Report for 2020/1 was tabled in Parliament on 17 September 2021. It details the journey of her first year in office alongside her Child Government Monitors. The report includes: presenting a situational analysis of children in the Western ...