Children’s Third Amendment Draft Bill
Call for comments opened 19 July 2018 Share this page:Submissions are now closed (since 07 September 2018)
Social Development
The Department of Social Development has shared the draft Children’s Third Amendment Bill, which is being discussed at the National Child Care & Protection Forum from 18 – 20 July 2018. The Children’s Third Amendment Bill proposes a number of amendments to the Children’s Act including amendments:
▪ To address inconsistencies within the Children’s Act
▪ To introduce new definitions
▪ To remove the common law defence of reasonable chastisement and prohibit corporal punishment in the home
▪ To regulate the position of unmarried fathers
▪ To extend the children’s court jurisdiction to hear applications for guardianship
▪ To clarify the conditional registration of partial care facilities
▪ To include different types of ECD programmes, regulate funding of ECD programmes and other ECD-related amendments
▪ To address partnerships and funding frameworks for prevention & early intervention services
▪ To address the care of abandoned and orphaned children living with family (kinship care)
▪ Amendments in relation to adoption
▪ Amendments in relation to surrogate motherhood
Written submissions are due by 7 September 2018. The email address for submissions will be provided shortly.
Provincial consultations on the Bill will take place simultaneously in different provinces.
Information on the venues for the provincial consultations: Children’s Third Amendment Bill
Province |
Dates |
Contact person |
Contact number |
1. Gauteng (JHB or Pretoria) |
15-17 August |
Ms Saabia Shabudin |
082827 9072 |
2. Northwest (Rustenburg) |
29-31 August |
Ms Dolly Melato |
0820449225 |
3. Western cape (Cape Town/Stellenbosch) |
22-24 August |
Ms Rowena |
021 483 3519 |
4. Mpumalanga (Nelspruit) |
5-7 September |
Ms Lizzy Nyoni |
072198 5052 |
5. Limpopo (Polokwane) |
22-24 August |
Ms Shirley |
072 055 0320 |
6. Northern Cape (Kimberley) |
29-31 August |
Mr Nkosi |
082 442 9398 |
7. Free State (Bloemfontein) |
15-17 August |
Ms Mosetlhe |
083 274 5610 |
8. KZN (Durban) |
29-31 August |
Ms Omar |
082 710 2505 |
9. Eastern Cape (Port St Johns) |
5-7 September |
Mr Tafeni |
Manager: Dr R September
Provincial Consultations:
In terms of the format of the provincial consultations, on the morning of the first day DSD will introduce the Bill at plenary and the afternoon session and the second day will be focus groups (based on allocated chapters of the Bill). On the last day groups will report back and a summary of final inputs received will be done.
We still do not have email for submissions (Email address awaited) 7 September 2018