About ChildWatch SA
Transparency and accountability in child protection.
Who We Are
ChildWatch SA is a non-profit company established to promote transparency and accountability in South Africa child-protection system. We document cases, monitor professional practice and court procedures, and advocate for reform grounded in evidence rather than assumption.
ChildWatch SA NPC · Registration No.: 2025/674160/08
Our Mission
To strengthen child protection by promoting transparency, accountability and evidence-based decision-making across the institutions and professionals responsible for safeguarding children.
Our Vision
A child-protection system in which every decision affecting a child is guided by evidence, made in the child best interests, and subject to meaningful oversight.
Our Values
The principles that guide everything we do.
Independence
We operate free from political, institutional or commercial influence.
Evidence
Our work is grounded in documented fact, not assumption or speculation.
Transparency
We promote open, accountable and explainable decision-making.
Accountability
We hold institutions, practitioners and decision-makers to account.
Safeguarding
The safety and best interests of children come first in everything we do.
Why ChildWatch SA Was Founded
ChildWatch SA was established after witnessing significant and recurring failures within the child-protection system — failures that too often went unrecorded, unexamined and unaddressed. The full account of the case that gave rise to the organisation can be explored through our blog.
Read our blog
