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Ill-equipped: The world we are handing our children is faster, louder and more saturated with content and contact than any generation has met this young.
CHILD PROTECTION

We call them youth; they were children

This article reflects on the legacy of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, arguing that we often mistake schoolchildren for 'youth,' and applies this lens to contemporary child protection…

  • Samkelisiwe Mnguni
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