Crisis Centers

 

Safety Topics

 

• General Safety
• Cars Safety
• Playground safety
• Home safety
• Poisons
• Water Safety
• Choking
• Toys
• Age related safety
• Burns
• Fire

 

In an emergency

 

• Police and Fire: 10111
• Medical: 10177
• From mobile: 112

 

It is important to know local emergency numbers for your own area as well. Memorise these and make sure your children know what to do and whom to call in an emergency as well.

 

 

Poison Information Centres

- Western cape

Red Cross Children's Hospital (021) 658 5428/ 689 5227

Tygerberg Hospital (021) 931 6129

- Kwazulu Natal

Saint Augustine's Hospital Durban Toll free: 0800 333 444

- Orange free state

Universities (Poison Centre) (051) 401 3111

- Gauteng

Unitas Tollfree 0800 111 229


Child Protection Units (Child Abuse)

Cape Town - (021) 592 2601
Johannesburg - (011) 403 3413
Durban - (031) 307 7000
Pretoria - (012) 353 5867 / 810 / 806
Bloemfontein - (051) 447 9808

 

Child Line

Cape Town - (021) 461 1111
Johannesburg - (011) 484 3044
Durban - (031) 303 2222
Toll-free - 0800 055 555
Toll-free - 0800 123 321 (24 Hours)

 

Safe Line

Cape Town -  (021) 26 1100

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