All children have the legal right to a basic education. Section 9 of the South African constitution says no school can discriminate against any child for any reason including ethnic or social origin, colour, age, religion, conscience, belief, culture...
Child maintenance is the ongoing legal obligation of parents to make regular payments to sustain a child or children (often after a divorce). All children have the right to receive maintenance even if the parents were never married.
The age of majority in South Africa is 18 years of age. Before you turn 18 you are still considered a child. However, a child is able to legally perform certain acts and enter into certain agreements before he or she becomes an adult at the age of 18 year
Section 28 of the South African Constitution says that “every child has the right to … family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment.”
The Child Justice Act creates a unique and separate criminal justice system for children. The Act places an increased emphasis on restorative justice as well as on the rehabilitation and re-integration of children.
Section 28 of the South African Constitution says .. (1) Every child has the right: (a) to a name and a nationality from birth; (b) to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment; ...
Adoption is when a family or someone other than the child’s biological parents or legal guardian applies to become the legal guardians and parents of the child and to keep the child permanently. Adoption is a permanent situation and the child who is adopt
The Child Support Grant is monthly income support to adults in need, who care for children who are under the age of 18. Parents and primary caregivers qualify for the Child Support Grant if their child is born on or after 31 December 1993.
