Submission on South Africa’s fiscal policies and priorities
In September 2021, the National Treasury called for written submissions from civil society as part of its pre-budget consultations. The call asked two questions: What improvements can be made to the Budget to deal with the challenge of long[1]term fiscal sustainability? In light of limited resources, how should South Africa finance key priorities?The SANCRC lodged […]
Submission to the Minister of Finance and the President for a child-centred mid-term budget November 2021
The SANCRC made a submission to the Minister of Finance and the President ahead of the mid-term (November 2021) national budget policy statement calling for strong leadership of a strategic budget policy to support a reduction in the large, and growing numbers Documents & Downloads
The SANCRC’s and SACSoWACH’s joint media statement calling on the President and Premiers to provide leadership of children’s rights as a national development priority in 2021
On 10 February 2021, the SANCRC and SACSoWACH issued a joint media statement call on the President and Premiers to use the SONA and SOPAs to provide effective leadership and make children’s rights a national development priority in 2021 and beyond. Documents & Downloads
Open letter to the Minister of Finance and the President calling for child-centred budget policy
The SANCRC wrote an Open Letter to the Minister of Finance and the President calling for a child-centred transformational budget. It was published by the Daily Maverick on 9 November 2021 and can be viewed here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-09-we-need-a-transformational-budget-to-help-guarantee-children-develop-to-their-full-potential/ Documents & Downloads
Issue 2 of the SANCRC’s newsletter October 2021
As we approach the end of 2021 and look to a new financial and administrative year, the 2nd issue of the SANCRC newsletter places the spotlight on the lack of progress we have made in improving equality and outcomes for children over the past two decades, the underlying causes, and the urgent need for a […]
The SANCRC’s inaugural newsletter September 2021
The SANCRC’s inaugural issue of its monthly newsletter provides an overview of our extraordinary journey since we started the process of building our ever-growing civil society movement for advancing the rights of all children in South Africa, not just to survive, but thrive. It includes an overview of our organisational development processes and outcomes, as […]
