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Child poverty

The Motherload Project — spreading the burden of care work

Maverick Citizen

The Motherload Project — spreading the burden of care work

By Jess Capstick-Dale and Ameeta Jaga

How party manifestos tackle the plight of children and where activists say they fall short

Politics

How party manifestos tackle the plight of children and where activists say they fall short

By Shaun Smillie

On the streets of a Karoo town – where drugs, drink and poverty await a lost generation

South Africa

On the streets of a Karoo town – where drugs, drink and poverty await a lost generation

By Suné Payne

Suffer the children: SA’s inequality strikes hardest where it hurts the most

South Africa

Suffer the children: SA’s inequality strikes hardest where it hurts the most

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

SA's Child Gauge 2012: Suffer the little children

South Africa

SA's Child Gauge 2012: Suffer the little children

By Rebecca Davis