This chapter from the South African Child Gauge 2018 reviews the latest developments in law and policy affecting children in South Africa. This essay analyses a number of policy and legislative developments between July 2017 and October 2018 that affect children’s rights. These include:
- reforms at the final stages such as the coming into effect of amendments to the Maintenance Act;
- bills before Parliament including the Traditional Courts Bill, draft Rates and Monetary Amounts Amendment Bill (VAT increase), and the Social Assistance Amendment Bill;
- draft amendments published for comment, including amendments to the South African Schools Act, draft regulations relating to the Sexual Offences Courts, the draft Child Care and Protection Policy, and draft Children’s Amendment Bill.
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