South African Early Childhood Review 2024

The essential components of the comprehensive package of ECD services are:

• Primary-level maternal and child health;
• Nutrition;
• Support for primary caregivers;
• Income support and social services; and
• Stimulation for early learning.

According to the publication young children in South Africa are more likely to live in poverty, suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition, and die before their fifth birthday than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The South African Early Childhood Review 2024 is published through a collaboration between Ilifa Labantwana, the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in The Presidency, the Department of Basic Education,  GrowGreat, and DataDrive2030.

Download the South African Early Childhood Review 2024 here.