South African child welfare remains in transition a decade post-apartheid. Child Protection assumptions impede policy efforts towards a more intersectoral, holistic, strengths-based, family-centered and community-based approach. Since the Anglo-American child protection orientation is criticized internationally, it is useful to reflect on the South African lessons when considering system change.
French
Une dé cennie aprè s l’apartheid, la protection de l’enfance demeure un domaine en transition en Afrique du Sud. Les plus ré centes politiques tendent à montrer que le champ se dé place vers une approche davantage intersectorielle, holistique, basé e sur les forces, centré e sur la famille et sur la communauté , ce qui s’inscrit tout à fait dans le cadre national de la Developmental Social Welfare. Toutefois, je soutiens que les postulats de la protection de l’enfance empêchent ce virage.
Spanish
El sistema de bienestar infantil en Sudá frica permanece en transició n despué s de una dé cada de post-aparteid. Recientes políticas sugieren que el campo intenta moverse má s hacia un sistema inter-sectorial, holistico, basado en capacidades, centrado en la familia y en enfoque en comunidades los cuales conforman al marco de referencia de Desarrollo Nacional de la Beneficencia Social. Sin embargo, yo argumento que las suposiciones de la protecció n del niño impiden estos cambios.
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