South Africa has some of the most progressive children's legislation in the world.even further and aims to close gaps in the child protection system.
A child who has been abandoned or orphaned and has no parent or other caregiver to care for them is considered a child"in need of care and protection". It extends the jurisdiction of the children's court to include"guardianship of an orphaned or abandoned child" and an"unaccompanied or separated migrant child, or the child of an asylum seeker or refugee, as contemplated in the Refugees Act, 1998".
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