The Girl Guides South Africa is a girls-only organisation and is recognised by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (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 Butterworth Cape East Central EG Kei Mgwali Mthatha Queenstown Free State - Orania Gauteng Central East North Soweto West KwaZulu Natal Coastal Inland Midlands Northern Southern Limpopo Mpumalanga East West North West 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. It was held in the Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre.
See also Scouts South Africa