The Children’s Amendment Bill
This page is dedicated to bringing you all the latest updates on the Children’s Amendment Bill.
The government carried out various consultations on the draft Children’s Amendment Bill in 2018. The Bill was submitted to Parliament in February 2019 and it is likely that its parliamentary passage will start shortly.
SmartStart made three submissions to the draft Bill that was gazetted for public comment in October 2018. The first was a joint position paper signed by 42 South African organisations working in the ECD sector. The second submission responds to the government’s proposed amendments that relate to ECD. The third submission sets out a proposed new approach to ECD in the Act, whereby regulation of all types of ECD programmes is unified under one chapter.
Bill’s passage
- DSD response to civil society comments on CAB (July 2019)
- Children’s Amendment Bill (February 2019)
- Gazetted for public comment (October 2018)
- Call for comments (July 2018)
Webinars – ECD Policy and Legislative Reform
- The Children’s Amendment Bill and ECD Webinar June 2019 – Download PDF
- The Children’s Amendment Bill and ECD Webinar June 2019 – Download PPT
- The Children’s Amendment Bill and ECD Webinar June 2019 – watch below (Part 1 and 2)
