Lawyers
Lawyers against Abuse
Tel: 011 717 8601
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Tel: 011 717 8600
SECTION27
Tel: 011 356 4100
Centre for Child Law
Tel: 012 420 4502
Children’s Rights Centre
Tel: 031 266 2384
Legal Aid SA
www.legal-aid.co.za
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Counselling
Lifeline
Tel: 0861 322 322
LoveLife
Tel: 0800 121 900
Suicide Crisis Line
Tel: 0800 567 567/ SMS: 31393
ChildLine
National helpline: 0800 055 555
Eastern Cape: 041 453 0441
Free State: 051 430 3311
Gauteng: 011 645 2000
KwaZulu-Natal: 031 312 0904
Limpopo: 015 295 6449
Mpumalanga: 013 752 2770
North West: 018 297 4411
Western Cape: 021 762 8198
FAMSA
-Head office: 012 322 7136
-National Helpline: 0800 150 150
-Patients’ Rights: 0800 114010
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SA National Council for Child Welfare
Tel: 011 339 5741
E-mail: info@chilwelfaresa.org.za
Website: www.childwelfaresa.org.za
Cape Town Child Welfare
Tel: +27 21 638 3127
E-mail: information@helpkids.org.za
Durban And District
Main Office & Thkozani Education Centre
Tel: 031 312 9313
Isipingo Office
Tel: 031 902 1371
Lamontville Office
Tel: 031 462 4865
Newlands East Office
Tel: 031 577 3411
Sherwood Office
Tel: 031 207 5560
Wentworth Office & David Beare Centre
Tel: 031 468 1421
Lakehaven & Zamani Child and Youth Centres
Tel: 031 577 8918
William Clark Gardens/ Othandweni Child and Youth Care Centre & Edith Benson Babies Home
Tel: 031 207 1366
Tshwane Pretoria
Phone: 012 460 9236/ 082 302 8134/ 083 983 8633/ 012 940 8039
E-mail: info@childwelfare.co.za
Child Welfare SA e-Malahleni
Tel: 013 656 2471
E-mail Address: witbank.childwelfare@telkomsa.net
Child Welfare Johannesburg
Tel: 011 298 8500
E-mail: director@jhbchildwelfare.org.za
Child Abuse Treatment and Training Service
E-mail: cats@jhbchildwelfare.org.za
Child Welfare / Kindersong Stellenbosch
Tel: 272 188 72816
Child Welfare SA Nelspruit
E-mail: Childwelfarenel@telkomsa.net
Tel: 013 753 3225/ 013 753 3330
If you live in Johannesburg, these are other places you can go for free counselling services:
Trauma Center – Centre for the study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Tel: 011 403 5102
Emthonjeni Center (Community Care Clinic) – Wits University
Tel: 011 717 4513
Teddy Bear Clinic
Tel: 011 484 4554
Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute
Tel: 011 358 5500
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Emergency numbers
Police Flying Squad: 10111
Ambulance: 999/10177
AIDS Helpline: 0800 012322
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Provincial Education Department contacts
Eastern Cape
Mr L.M Ngonzo
Tel: 040 608 4208
Fax: 040 608 4249
Email: view.mkona@edu.ecprov.gov.za
Free State
Mr R.S Malope
Tel: 051 404 8430
Fax: 086 619 8717
Email: hod@edu.fs.gov.za
Gauteng
Mr B Ngobeni
Tel: 011 355 0581
Fax: 011 355 5546
Email: joe.makhosi@gauteng.gov.za
KwaZulu-Natal
Mr N Sishi
Tel: 033 392 1003
Fax: 011 355 5546
Email: nkosi.sishi@kzndoe.gov.za
Limpopo
Mr M.J Thamago/ Ms K.O. Dederen
Tel: 015 290 7602
Fax: 086 218 0560
Email: thamagamj@edu.limpopo.gov.za
Mpumalanga
Mrs M.O.C Mhlabane
Tel: 013 766 5520/5353
Fax: 013 766 5577
Email: m.mhlabane.education.mpu.gov.za
Northern Cape
Mr T Pharasi
Tel: 053 839 6696/6683/6679
Fax: 053 874 1785
Email: t.pharasi@ncpg.gov.za
North West
Dr I.S Malae
Tel: 018 387 3429
Fax: 018 388 3430
Email: sgedu@nwpg.gov.za
Western Cape
Ms P Vinjevold
Tel: 021 467 9280/021 467 2535/6
Fax: 021 461 3694
Email: eduhead.eduhead@westerncape.gov.za
South African Council for Educators: 086 1007 223
