The Girl Guides South Africa is a girls-only organisation and is recognised by the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...
(WAGGGS). As of 2003 it has 20,466 members.
Program and ideals
The programme of the Girl Guides South Africa caters for girls from 4½ to 25 years of age.
* Teddies 4½–7
* Brownies 7–10
* Guides 10–14
* Rangers and Young Leaders 14–25
There are a number of regions within Girl Guides South Africa, namely:
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
* Butterworth
* Cape East
* Central
*EG Kei
* Mgwali
* Mthatha
* Queenstown
Free State - Orania
Gauteng
Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
* Central
* East
* North
* Soweto
* West
KwaZulu Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locat ...
* Coastal
* Inland
* Midlands
* Northern
* Southern
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
* East
* West
North West
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* Mafikeng
* Rustenburg
* Vryburg
Northern Cape Kuruman
Cape West
Guide Promise
I promise to do my best,
To do my duty,
To my god and to my country,
To help other people and to keep the Guide Law
Guide Motto
Be Prepared
33rd World Conference
The Girl Guides South Africa hosted WAGGGS' 33rd World Conference from 6 to 12 July 2008 in
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
. It was held in the Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre.
See also
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Scouts South Africa
Scouts South Africa is the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) recognised Scout association in South Africa. Scouting began in the United Kingdom in 1907 through the efforts of Robert Baden-Powell and rapidly spread to South Africa, ...
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in South Africa
Youth organizations established in 1910
1910 establishments in South Africa
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