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Children Commissioner's Chronicles Issue 2

The newsletter is now, for the first time, available in English, Afrikaans, and IsiXhosa, the three official provincial languages. The...

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Children are eager to have a say in government budget decisions

The CGMs decided to get involved in the Division of Revenue Amendment (DORA) Bill. The DORA Bill determines how much of the national revenue...

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Children speak on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) ahead of National Children’s Day.

The MTBPS is not child-friendly nor child-centred, yet affects the children’s fundamental lived realities. Furthermore, children are not...

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Three Western Cape child human rights defenders address the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland on the lived realities of children in South Africa.

Three child human rights defenders from the Western Cape have been given the opportunity to address the United Nations Committee on the...

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Children Commissioner's Chronicles Issue 1

The Western Cape Commissioner for Children has just released its first newsletter- Children Commissioner’s Chronicles. The newsletter...

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Western Cape Commissioner for Children hosts a stakeholder consultation to unpack resource constraints hindering Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the child protection sector from providing needed services.

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...

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Saadiq Daniels represents the Child Government Monitors in Switzerland

Saadiq Daniels, a 17 year old differently abled Child Government Monitor from Bonteheuwel, attended the Pre-sessions 41 hosted by the UPR...

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Community Child Rights Workshops: Hessequa Municipality 2021

Community Child Rights Workshops is one of three child participation methods in our office. The objectives of our Community Child Rights...

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Annual Report 2020/21

The Western Cape Commissioner for Children’s first Annual Report for 2020/1 was tabled in Parliament on 17 September 2021. It details the...

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A year in review

The Office of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children celebrates it’s first year. It has been a year of tremendous growth as we establish...

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