1.    Welfare and Humanitarian

 

(a)     The care or counseling of, or the provision of education programmes relating to, abandoned, abused, neglected, orphaned or homeless children.

 

(b)     The care or counseling of poor and needy persons where more than 90 per cent of those persons to whom the care or counseling are provided are over the age of 60.

 

(c)     The care or counseling of, or the provision of education programmes relating to, physically or mentally abused and traumatised persons.

 

(d)     The provision of disaster relief.

 

(e)     The rescue or care of persons in distress.

 

(f)      The provision of poverty relief.

 

(g)     Rehabilitative care or counseling or education of prisoners, former prisoners and convicted offenders and persons awaiting trial.

 

(h)     The rehabilitation, care or counseling of persons addicted to a dependence-forming substance or the provision of preventative and education programmes regarding addiction to dependence-forming substances.

 

(i)      Conflict resolution, the promotion of reconciliation, mutual respect and tolerance between the various peoples of South Africa.

 

(j)      The promotion or advocacy of human rights and democracy.

 

(k)     The protection of the safety of the general public.

 

(l)      The promotion or protection of family stability.

 

(m)    The provision of legal services for poor and needy persons.

 

(n)     The provision of facilities for the protection and care of children under school-going age of poor and needy parents.

 

(o)     The promotion or protection of the rights and interests of, and the care of, asylum seekers and refugees.

 

(p)     Community development for poor and needy persons and anti-poverty initiatives, including-

 

(i)      the promotion of community-based projects relating to self-help, empowerment, capacity building, skills development or anti-poverty;

 

(ii)     the provision of training, support or assistance to community-based projects contemplated in item (i); or

 

(iii)    the provision of training, support or assistance to emerging micro enterprises to improve capacity to start and manage businesses, which may include the granting of loans on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Minister by way of regulation.

 

(q)     The promotion of access to media and a free press.