by Svetlana | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog, News, The Policy Post
At the 5th ANC National Policy Conference earlier this month, it was recommended that early childhood development, as a line item, move from Department of Social Development to Basic Education (DBE). DBE Minister Angie Motshekga, MP, announced this proposal when she...
by Svetlana | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
Ilifa Labantwana’s recently published South African Early Childhood Review provides a welcome statistical overview of how well the government is meeting its duties to young children and their caregivers. The review notes that there is a legal and urgent duty on...
by Svetlana | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
Welcome to the first Policy Post of 2016! 2015 ended on a high note for ECD, with the approval by Cabinet of a national ECD policy. What worries us is that a number of less positive developments in the country at the end of last year raise the risk of overshadowing...
by Svetlana | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, ECD News, News, The Policy Post
As famous as South Africa is for its good child rights policies; it is equally infamous for the weak implementation of those policies. The disjuncture between policy intent and actual outcomes is clear in child well-being returns which don’t match the size of...
