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Key links & docs: TECL II
Info and docs on the planning of the 2nd phase of TECL (2008 to 2012).; Swaziland: Key documents
Including the national action plan on elimination of child labour.; Lesotho: National action plan; Botswana: National action plan; Namibia: National action plan; SA: Implementation committee
Meetings of the Implementation Committee (the national steering committee) of the national plan (CLPA); SA: National action plan
The SA Child Labour Programme of Action, Phase 2 (CLPA-2).; SA: TECL exit process
The process of mainstreaming action on child labour in South Africa.

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Child support grant Up one level The child support grant (or CSG), an un-conditional cash transfer to caregivers of children below a certain age in poor households, has been shown to alleviate poverty and increase likelihood of children attending school, with a probable positive impact on reducing exploitative child labour. An overview of the child support grant Analysis: The impact of the CSG on schooling and work The impact of the South African child support and old age grants on children’s schooling / education and work, by Debbie Budlender and Ingrid Woolard (2006) Difficulties in getting CSG Practical and legal difficulties in getting access to the Child Support Grant, eg the requirement that children must have birth certificates and difficulties in getting such certificates. Earlier extension of CSG to age 14 Briefing of the Parliamentary committee on problems with the 2003 phased extension of the Child Support Grant to age 14, including case studies. This includes a presentation on the difficulties faced by Florence Mahlangu and her children. Extending the CSG up to 18 The Child Labour Programme of Action provides that the government will consider extending the child support grant (an un-conditional cash transfer) to children up to age 18. The Minister of Finance announced in Feb 2008 that cut-off for the grant it will be extended from 14 to 15 years. Civil society has also run a campaign for extension to children up to 18 years. Network campaigning for an improved CSG The Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS) is a network of organisations campainging for improvements to the present Child Support Grant - as part of realising a comprehensive, efficient and effective social security system for poor children in South Africa. Teenage pregnancies linked to CSG? HRSC researchers concluded that there is no relationship between teenage fertility and the Child Support Grant (CSG). This is the paper by Makiwane, Desmond, Richter and Udjo entitled 'Is the Child Support Grant associated with an increase in teenage fertility in South Africa? Evidence from national surveys and administrative data.'
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