ISS TODAY Violent school bullying a reflection of SA’s broken society 5 min 0 By Thandi van Heyningen
FEEDING PROFIT How Big Food’s corporate ambition is driving child overweight around the world 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
DIGITAL REGULATION Cape Town G20 event pushes for new global laws to keep children safe online 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HUNGER CRISIS Urgent call for accountability as nearly 1,000 children die from severe malnutrition in SA 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
WORLD NUTRITION Africa takes center stage as UN summit highlights urgency of global food transformation 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
PROTECTIVE POLICIES Global shift in food marketing regulations: Norway leads, UK falters amid industry pressure 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
TROUBLING TREND New report reveals cost-of-living crisis deepening for South Africa’s poor 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
‘PREDATORY PRACTICES’ ‘Babies before bottom lines’ – WHO and Unicef slam unethical baby formula marketing in SA 1 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BUDGET 2025 OP-ED Budget fails to prioritise SA’s children — they can’t wait for the fruits of long-term fiscal strategies 3 min 0 By Christine Muhigana
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Fear, loss, isolation, deprivation — childhood on the edge in Ukraine 5 min 0 By Toby Fricker
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 18 NOVEMBER–23 NOVEMBER This week in civil society — Celebrating World Children’s Day and urning climate anxiety into hope 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2) 7 min 1 By Jeff Rudin
INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OP-ED Youth with intellectual disabilities are not being given equitable job opportunities and urgently need support 5 min 0 By Madri Engelbrecht
ENVIROMENTAL JUSTICE OP-ED Challenging outdated norms and bridging the gender gap in African climate action 4 min 0 By Rachael Njoroge, Martin Kamlaike, Rachel Itenderezwe, Sakhile Dube, Hadson Muwisa, Thomas Omusolo, Sibabalwe Stemele and Yakhani Mjiyakho
INJECTION OF EQUITY OP-ED Bridging the gender gap — prioritising funding for women’s health research is imperative 3 min 3 By Cynthia Mwase
SPOTLIGHT Childhood vaccine coverage in SA declined in 2023, World Health Organization report finds 6 min 0 By Elri Voigt for Spotlight
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD The link to schooling and HIV infection rate is clear - and teenage girls are most vulnerable 3 min 0 By Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Eva Kiwango
THE BIGGER PICTURE Images of destruction and hope — documenting the climate crisis through young people’s eyes 6 min 3 By Lerato Mutsila
SUGARCOATING Babies and toddlers climbing aboard Nestlé’s sugar train — but only in poorer countries 5 min 3 By Lillian Roberts
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Gaza Strip ‘the most dangerous place in the world’ for children — Unicef 6 min 47 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
IMMEDIATE DANGER Unicef warns over 45 million children starving in sub-Saharan Africa climate change crisis 5 min 0 By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
