http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/1996/96cons2.htm
Question i have is why are the basic rights of the children not been adhered to and enforced?
28. Children
1. Every child has the right *
1. to a name and a nationality from birth;
2. to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment;
3. to basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care services and social services;
4. to be protected from maltreatment, neglect, abuse or degradation;
5. to be protected from exploitative labour practices;
6. not to be required or permitted to perform work or provide services that *
1. are inappropriate for a person of that child's age; or
2. place at risk the child's well-being, education, physical or mental health or spiritual, moral or social development;
7. not to be detained except as a measure of last resort, in which case, in addition to the rights a child enjoys under sections 12 and 35, the child may be detained only for the shortest appropriate period of time, and has the right to be *
1. kept separately from detained persons over the age of 18 years; and
2. treated in a manner, and kept in conditions, that take account of the child's age;
8. to have a legal practitioner assigned to the child by the state, and at state expense, in civil proceedings affecting the child, if substantial injustice would otherwise result; and
9.
not to be used directly in armed conflict, and to be protected in times of armed conflict.
2.
A child's best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child.
3.
In this section "child" means a person under the age of 18 years.
