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January 2010 --- Return to top

Children's Institute revamps its websites
UCT Monday Paper [Online], 29/01/2010


Rounded up and shipped out
Mail & Guardian [Online], 22/01/2010
December 2009 --- Return to top

New grant regulations could prejudice most vulnerable children
Cape Times, 15/12/2009, p.6


November 2009 --- Return to top

Victory for child-grant lobby
Monday Paper, 02/11/2009


Child support grant age threshold move welcomed
CME (Continuing Medical Education), 1/11/2009, p.521


October 2009 --- Return to top

Child grants extended
Sowetan [Online], 27/10/2009


Welcome in an imperfect world
Business Day, 26/10/2009 [editorial]
Cabinet hikes age limit for grants to children
Business Day [Online], 23/10/2009
Extended child grant welcomed
The Star, 23/10/2009, p.6
Joy at child grant age extension
Pretoria News, 23/10/2009, p.4
Jubilation as government extends child support grant
Cape Times, 23/10/2009, pp.1&4
Grants for older teens welcomed
The Mercury, 23/10/2009, p.1

Grants get go-ahead
Diamond Fields Advertiser, 23/10/2009


July 2009 --- Return to top

Uncertainty over extended grants
KwanaNews [Online], 31/07/2009


More kids to get grants
Daily Sun, 9/07/2009 p.31


Grants: 'Child lobby groups must have a say'
Witness, 6/07/2009 p.4


Extension of grants for children welcomed
The Star [Online], 6/07/2009


June 2009 --- Return to top

Wat doen ons oor kinderverkragting?
Die Burger, 26/06/2009 p.4


Education must be government's priority
Cape Argus, 24/06/2009 p.19


Schooling, think schooling
Cape Argus [Online], 24/06/2009


Tame the teachers
Cape Times, 24/06/2009 p.10 [letter to the editor]


Desk Job
Cape Times, 22/06/2009 p.8 [editorial]


Yearning for learning
Sunday Times, 21/06/2009 p.4


Thousands of kids get no education
The Times
, 20/06/2009


Most primary pupils in SA illiterate, innumerate – study
Cape Times
, 19/06/2009 pp.1&3


Oorvol huise 'hou gevaar in vir kinders'
Die Burger, 19/06/2009 p.10


Poverty does not explain high drop-out rates, study urges
Business Day, 19/06/2009 p.4


SA needs to find out why pupils fail, experts say
Cape Argus, 19/06/2009 p.8


Literacy, maths shocker in SA
News24.com, 18/06/2009


Most junior primary kids illiterate: study
Independent Online, 18/06/2009


Primary pupils fail maths
iAfrica.com
, 18/06/2009


Why they don't stay the course
The Star, 17/06/2009 p.27


Exhibition highlights children's rights
Cape Argus, 17/06/2009 p.6


Child labour: Exploitation, or essential socialisation?
Monday Paper [Online], 15/06/2009


Fourth edition on gauge on children launched
Monday Paper [Online], 15/06/2009


UCT authors cover Book Fair
Monday Paper [Online], 10/06/2009


May 2009 --- Return to top

South Africa: A need to redefine "orphan"
IRIN PlusNews, 06/05/2009


Lack of social workers is a hurdle for South Africa
Business Day [Online], 04/05/2009


April 2009 --- Return to top

South Africa's 3,4 million Aids-orphans to get 'adult' rights
Digital Journal Health [Online], 04/04/2009


February 2009 --- Return to top
Learners rule the airwaves. Children's radio project lifts off
Cape Argus [Supplement: Cape Argus @ school], 25/02/2009, pp.1&3


No better deal for children
Financial Mail [Online], 20/02/2009


Failure to extend child grant 'raises dropout risk'
Cape Times, 13/02/2009, p.6


Manuel contradicts ANC: rights group
The Star [Online], 13/02/2009


2009 budget receives varied reactions
BuaNews, 12/02/2009


Children's Institute disappointed in Manuel's decision on child support grant
Bush Radio News [Online], 12/02/2009


Trevor, Motlanthe 'praat nie uit dieselfde mond'
Beeld, 12/02/2009, p.4


Manuel failed children
iAfrica.com Business, 12/02/2009


'Manuel failed children'
Fin24.com, 11/02/2009


November 2008 --- Return to top

A life or death choice

Parent24.com , 13/11/2008


Child in charge
Parent24.com, [no date]


October 2008 --- Return to top

60 000 more social workers needed to aid country's children
Cape Times, 02/10/2008, p.4


September 2008 --- Return to top

Moenie data veralgemeen
Smith C
Die Burger
, 18/09/2008, p.19


Kommer oor kindersterftes
Midland News, 12/09/2008, p.7


July 2008 --- Return to top

Can schools really take the place of absent parents?
Blaine S
Business Day
, 16/07/2008, p.5


Government finally opens access to millions of children cut off from social security
Hall K
Cape Times
, 04/07/2008, p.9

Kindermoord wek ál meer kommer
Breytenbach J & Prince L
Die Burger Oos Kaap
, 03/07/2008, p.4


Kindermoorde in SA styg skerp: Meer as helfte by eie huis geskiet
Breytenbach J & Prince L
Die Burger
, 03/07/2008, p.4


June 2008 --- Return to top

Adjusting the poverty line
Hall K
The Mercury
, 02/06/2008, p.6


May 2008 --- Return to top

More talks but little action on children
Jamieson L
Pretoria News Weekend
, 31/05/2008, p.9


Act ensures children’s welfare
Proudlock P, Smith C & Jamieson L
Pretoria News
, 28/05/2008, p.11


Now let’s apply the Child Act
Proudlock P, Smith C & Jamieson L
The Star
, 28/05/2008, p.34


Families need government’s support to protect children from abuse
Proudlock P, Smith C & Jamieson L
Sunday Argus
, 25/05/2008, p.29


April 2008 --- Return to top

One kid, one computer
Anderson B
Finweek
, 30/04/2008


Chakras and children
Plus News online, 21/04/2008


Inflation eats away at food for poor
Naidoo Y
Cape Argus, 17/04/2008, p.8


Empty stomachs stifle hunger for knowledge
Govender P
Sunday Times, 13/04/2008, p.6


Rights group hail children’s Act
Mkhwanazi S
The Mercury, 10/04/2008, p.2


March 2008 --- Return to top

Kids 'sold short in services budget'
Caelers D
Cape Argus, 20/03/2008, p.14


Gauging children's rights to care and protection
Dutschke M & Smith C
Mail & Guardian [Online], 20/04/2008


Effecting Act to cost R5bn
Mnguni H
The Citizen, 20/04/2008


Child Gauge spotlights new Children's Act
Mnguni H
The Citizen, 20/03/2008


Children go hungry after minister's bungle on grants
Venter Z
Cape Times, 20/03/2008, pp.1&3


Child support grant saga and who calls the shots
Tilley A
Business Day, 07/03/2008, p.13


Don't extend the child grant, say readers
Lamani L
Independent Online, 06/03/2008


More grants would cost R6,1bn extra
Venter Z
Pretoria News [Online], 06/03/2008


Grants: Woman takes on the State
Venter Z
Pretoria News [Online], 05/03/2008


Kids are starving in SA
Cohen L
Sunday Times, 02/03/2008, p.4


February 2008 --- Return to top

Undernutrition stunts SA kids

Van Rooyen C
24.com, 28/02/2008


The same old story as Mbeki fails to tackle the state of poor teenagers
Proudlock P, Smith C & Jamieson L
Cape Argus, 12/02/2008, p.13

 

CI in the News


  1. Half empty
    Cape Times, 29/07/2010, p.10 [Editorial]

    Preventable SA child death toll a stain on our 2010 success
    Cape Times, 29/07/2010, p.11

    Increasing numbers of young children dying – DA
    Politicsweb, 28/07/2010

    SA lags behind in keeping kids alive, healthy
    Independent Online [originally in the Cape Argus], 28/07/2010

    SA failing in child health
    Independent Online, 27/07/2010
    [Published in Cape Times, 28/07/2010, p. 4]

    We need to focus on improving the lot of children
    The Mercury, 27/07/2010, p.8 (pdf 1.54MB)

    Solving South Africa's AIDS orphans crisis vital to child health
    SOS Children's Villages Canada News [Online], 27/07/2010

    SA failing to keep tots alive
    The Times [Online], 27/07/2010

    12 the new 'age of consent'
    Independent Online [originally in the Daily News], 27/07/2010
    Inter Press Service News Agency [Online], 19/02/2010

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