CHILDREN IN CRISIS Attacks on children — the scourge of violent crime affecting SA’s most vulnerable 9 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Vincent Cruywagen
CAPE OF FEAR ‘We are completely broken,’ say parents of five-year-old killed in gang crossfire 5 min 0 By Hazel Friedman
CHILDREN IN CRISIS SA's alarming child violence rates demand collaboration between government and NGOs 5 min 0 By Chandré Gould, Gugu Xaba, Suzan Eriksson, Wilmi Dippenaar and Monica Woodhouse
CRISIS IN CARE Gauteng Social Development Department returns R102m to Treasury while NPOs await critical funding 6 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CHILDREN IN CRISIS ‘He died in pain, but not in vain’ — mom transforms personal loss into a fight to protect SA’s children 4 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila
CHILDREN IN CRISIS EXPLAINER Gaps in the safety net — breaking down state and societal protections for children 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Kristin Engel
CHILDREN IN CRISIS Inside the mind of a monster — understanding the psychology of child abusers 7 min 0 By Kristin Engel and Lerato Mutsila
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT Constitutional rights for children: An urgent call for early childhood development in South Africa 4 min 0 By Nobukhosi Zulu-Taruza, Tess Peacock, Nurina Ally, Cameron McConnachie, Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf and Mmatsetshweu Ruby Motaung
HUNGER STRUGGLE From shoplifting to watered-down formula — desperate new moms and SA’s malnutrition crisis 5 min 1 By Lillian Roberts
CHILD PROTECTION OP-ED Like sweeping leaves in a cyclone, Child Protection Week echoes with empty promises 4 min 0 By Robyn Wolfson Vorster
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Eastern Cape community secures arrest of man after his son (8) escapes from being chained up in dark shack 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Part of child protection is allowing kids to be themselves when it comes to gender 5 min 0 By Kholofelo Mphahlele
CHILD PROTECTION WEEK Western Cape Children’s Commissioner calls for expanded powers 3 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM OP-ED Three children are murdered every day in South Africa — we need action, not outrage 12 min 0 By Robyn Wolfson Vorster
CHILD WELFARE OP-ED Crime statistics on violence against children in SA are nothing short of horrific 4 min 1 By Alef Meulenberg
SCHOOLING FOUNDATIONS OP-ED We must fix early learning if we want to fix education — and abandon populist talk of corporal punishment 6 min 0 By Terry and Barbara Bell
TUESDAY EDITORIAL The kids are not okay – their innocence is being stolen by the continuation of racism 5 min 3 By Zukiswa Pikoli
OP-ED Children are easy targets for exploitation and traffickers during Covid-19 4 min 0 By Ajwang’ Warria, Margaret Roper, Marcel van der Watt, Susan Marx and Heather Dixon
CHILD PROTECTION WEEK Abused, beaten, neglected: South African children exposed to horrific levels of violence 4 min 3 By Sandisiwe Shoba
Maverick Citizen Family of slain eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk devastated as trial delayed for a year 3 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
OP-ED How the Covid-19 crisis has affected SA’s children 13 min 0 By Robyn Wolfson Vorster & Talia-Jade Magnes
