Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini Playing Christmas Party Host for Orphaned And Vulnerable Youngsters

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will play host at a Christmas Party for a group of orphaned and vulnerable youngsters from across the country on Friday.

Thousands in South Africa Benefit From Over 200 Early Childhood Development Centers

South Africa’s newly launched Early Childhood Development (ECD) awareness campaign has started bearing fruit, with more than 200 new centers being registered with thousands of children receiving subsidies.

Child Protection Week Begins in South Africa on Monday 31st May

Protecting the nation’s young and most vulnerable will take center stage come Monday, May 31, as South Africa enters a seven-day show of solidarity with the cause of the country’s children. How People Arrived Here: child protection in south...

Further Social Security Reforms on the Cards

In the next few months, South Africans will get an opportunity to debate what kinds of reforms can be taken to improve the country’s social security system.

Seychelles’ Government Sets Up Task Force to Tackle Social Ills

The Seychelles government has set up a new task force to fight the rise of social ills especially abuse of alcohol and hard drugs. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Health and Social Development Minister Marie-Pierre Lloyd said the creation of the task...

NZ Has Highest Youth Suicide Rate: OECD

An OECD report on the welfare of children in member countries has found New Zealand to have the highest youth suicide rate in the developed world. The study, “Doing Better for Children,” released this week by the Paris-based, 30-member Organisation...