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.