The voice of the child : experiences of children, in middle childhood, regarding children's court procedures

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

Authors

Claasen, Louie Talitha
Spies, Gloudien M.

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work

Abstract

By mid-2015 the number of children living in South Africa was in excess of 21.5 million (21 736 416) (Statistics South Africa, 2015). This constitutes nearly 40% of South Africa’s population, which at that stage had reached close to 55 million (54 956 900) (Statistics South Africa, 2015). Over seven million children are living in poverty (Hall, 2012a; South African Human Rights Commission/UNICEF, 2011a), and of the 16.56 million beneficiaries of social grants in South Africa, 74% (more than 12 million) are children (Hall, 2012a; UNICEF, 2015). In the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 a child is defined as “a person under the age of 18” (Children’s Act 38 of 2005:12).

Description

Keywords

Children’s court cases, Protection, Social grants, Children's court procedures, South Africa (SA)

Sustainable Development Goals

Citation

Claasen, L.T. & Spies, G.M. 2017, 'The voice of the child: Experiences of children, in middle childhood, regarding children's court procedures', Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 74-95.