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Child protection

‘He died in pain, but not in vain’ — mom transforms personal loss into a fight to protect SA’s children

South Africa

‘He died in pain, but not in vain’ — mom transforms personal loss into a fight to protect SA’s children

By Lerato Mutsila

Learners in Bushbuckridge are 'taking turns to eat' as families struggle to feed them

Maverick Citizen

Learners in Bushbuckridge are 'taking turns to eat' as families struggle to feed them

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Friday Activist: Dee Blackie

South Africa

Friday Activist: Dee Blackie

By Ufrieda Ho

'Horrendous' murder of one-year-old Orderick Lucas a ‘failure’ of the child protection system

South Africa

'Horrendous' murder of one-year-old Orderick Lucas a ‘failure’ of the child protection system

By Vincent Cruywagen

Prosecutors finally win justice for raped, pregnant 13-year old who burnt to death

South Africa

Prosecutors finally win justice for raped, pregnant 13-year old who burnt to death

By Estelle Ellis

Child protection in SA: A bleak state of affairs

South Africa

Child protection in SA: A bleak state of affairs

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Curiouser and curiouser: SADTU’s submission to the Essential Services Committee

South Africa

Curiouser and curiouser: SADTU’s submission to the Essential Services Committee

By Nomsa Marchesi

Time for SADTU to speak honestly about school safety

South Africa

Time for SADTU to speak honestly about school safety

By Nomsa Marchesi

Op-Ed: Left Behind – The Realisation of Children’s Rights Undercut by Violence

South Africa

Op-Ed: Left Behind – The Realisation of Children’s Rights Undercut by Violence

By Stefanie Röhrs

Op-Ed: Child murders – South Africa’s preventable tragedy

South Africa

Op-Ed: Child murders – South Africa’s preventable tragedy

By Shanaaz Mathews & Lorna Martin

Festering Indifference: Foster care grant mess has echoes of Sassa crisis

South Africa

Festering Indifference: Foster care grant mess has echoes of Sassa crisis

By Rebecca Davis

Our forgotten and forsaken future: SA's children

South Africa

Our forgotten and forsaken future: SA's children

By Greg Nicolson