Media Statement: #WasteNot competition sheds light on the link between environmental health and child health
A new national competition is drawing much-needed public awareness to how the environments children grow up in shape their health and development. #WasteNot encourages the public to get creative about reducing, reusing and recycling. It’s a collaboration between Create Change — an initiative of the DG Murray Trust (DGMT) and Hold My Hand — a […]
People’s Post Article: Dialogue delves in children’s lives
Where a child grows up shapes their access to education, safety, public services and opportunities, making local government a powerful force in children’s lives. This was the focus of the first Metro Lives dialogue, held at the Homecoming Centre in District Six on Tuesday 21 July, where government representatives, child rights advocates and political leaders […]
DGMT supports the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children
DGMT’s strategy for helping South Africa escape the inequality trap is built around the same priorities set out in the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children (NSAAC) and we are working to weave them into everything we do. Escaping the inequality trap involves changing a child’s life trajectory. A child who is nurtured, eats […]
SAFM Interview: Where a child grows up shapes their future
On 21 July 2026, DGMT — with Change Ideas and the Hold My Hand campaign — hosted the inaugural Metro Lives public dialogue at the Homecoming Centre in District Six, Cape Town. Metro Lives was created to open up a public conversation about how South Africa’s cities and municipalities can build better lives for children, […]
People’s Post Article: Metro Lives – How Cape Town’s municipalities shape children’s futures
Where a child grows up shapes their access to education, safety, public services and opportunities. Consequently, local government is a powerful force in children’s lives. This was the focus of the first Metro Lives dialogue. The event was held at the District Six Museum’s Homecoming Centre on Tuesday 21 July. Government representatives, child-rights advocates and political leaders attended to […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: Where a child lives determines their life chances and we need to change that
Where a child grows up shapes their experience of childhood and chances in life so much so that those in the same city can have wildly different experiences of love, access to food, safety and opportunities for early learning. These children don’t get to vote in Local Government Elections, yet municipal decisions shape almost every […]
Metro Lives: What can municipalities do for children?
Children don’t vote — but local government decisions shape their lives every day. Whether a child has a safe place to play, a park worth walking through, clean water, a registered early learning programme nearby, or a neighbourhood with more libraries than liquor outlets: these are municipal choices. Metro Lives is a series of public […]
News24 Article: Cape Town’s inequalities remain rooted in apartheid-era spatial planning
Children growing up in Cape Town’s poorest communities are still paying the price for apartheid spatial planning more than three decades into democracy. This is according to GOOD party mayoral hopeful Brett Herron, who warned that unless municipalities put children at the centre of planning and investment decisions, another generation will inherit the same inequalities. […]
Daily Maverick Article: Missing link in urban development – Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice
What can municipalities do to create an environment in which children and families can thrive? Brett Herron, secretary-general of the Good party, argues that all levels of government need to prioritise first investment, services and infrastructure in communities that have the greatest need. In the City of Cape Town, the area in which a child […]
The Perspectives Series: The role of municipalities in building children’s brain power
Ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections, join us for a conversation on what it takes to build child-friendly communities. Municipalities play an important role in shaping the environments where young children grow, learn and thrive. This webinar explores how local government can make it easier for early learning programmes to register and operate, helping […]