Government and Non-Profit Organisations: Dysfunctional Structures and Relationships Affecting Child Protection Services

The Current Landscape of Child Protection Services in South Africa: A Systematic Review

“…There were 30 publications that were analysed from the EbscoHost databases Agere, Tanga, & Kang'ethe, 2017;Ali, 2017;Couzens, 2011;Hope, & Van Wyk, 2018;Kaonga, Batavia, Philbrick, & Mechael, 2016;Malherbe, & Häefele, 2017;Mathews, 2013;Mathews, & Martin, 2016;Matthias, 2015;Nhedzi & Makofane, 2015;Okem, 2017;Patel & Hochfeld, 2011;Rosenberg, Pettifor, Myers, Phanga, Marcus, Bhushan & Mtwisha, 2017;Schiller, 2017;Schmid, 2014;Siljeur, 2016 Strydom, 2010;Schiller, 2015;Sibanda & Lombard, 2015;Singh & Singh, 2014;Steyn, Van Wyk & Kitching, 2017;Strydom, 2010;Strydom, et al 2017;Van Niekerk & Matthias, 2019).…”

“…However, these non-profit organisations (NGOs) are under-resourced and overwhelmed because of a high prevalence of child abuse and neglect in the country (Van Niekerk & Matthias, 2019). Schmid (2012) identified several trends in child welfare in South Africa in the years 2000 to 2010 that indicated an overburdened NGO system.…”

Partners we can trust: the role of employee engagement influencing partnerships’ relationship quality in the voluntary sector

“…Still, over time, these organisations’ distrust increases, reducing the number of partnerships and their effectiveness (Van Niekerk and Matthias, 2019), creating a challenge for both parties to engender partnerships and collect the expected benefits while building a strong connection between partners (O’Regan and Oster, 2000). The literature about partnerships between NPO and FPO already recognises several constructs as critical for these partnerships developments, such as trust and commitment (Bang et al , 2013; Bilro and Dias, 2022; Loureiro et al , 2018), and also that one of these relationships’ key aspects is the organisations’ employees (Álvarez-González et al , 2017; Seitanidi, 2009).…”