Ruff day at the office: Find out how, in court, comfort for the tiniest victims of sexual abuse can come from the unlikeliest of places. (Image via Wikus de Wet)
The statistic cited in this podcast that 1 in 3 South African children will have been sexually abused by their 17th birthday includes consensual acts between 17 and 18-year-olds because of the way the study was designed.
These are unprecedented times, and the role of media to tell and record the story of South Africa as it develops is more important than ever.
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A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying empty