Child Abuse
latest news & developments
Charges dropped against one accused in Joshlin Smith case
The state says the matter is ready to be transferred to the high court
Hitting children is never okay!
Wise words are just as effective in countering unwanted behaviour in children, with none of the long-term effects of physical punishment
State fails at-risk children as R55m orphanage stands empty
Boikagong Centre in Mahikeng has been closed for almost two years because it did not meet safety requirements. The discarded children say they want a safe place to learn, but…
We must fight the scourge of child domestic labour
More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight
You can’t beat discipline into a child
Children displaying aberrant behaviour have often been traumatised and require counselling
Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal
Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s
Prosecutors insist Pell child sex conviction ‘unimpeachable’
Lawyers for Pell had on Wednesday raised 13 objections to his conviction on five counts of sexual abuse
Cardinal Pell appeals ‘impossible’ child sex conviction
Pell is battling guilty verdicts handed down against him in December on five counts of sexually assaulting two choirboys
French cardinal convicted over sex abuse cover-up
A court in Lyon ruled that Cardinal Phillip Brown was guilty of failing to report the abuse of a minor between 2014 and 2015.
Top pope adviser convicted of child sex crimes
Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisers, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys
A medical app helps identify abuse of children
Runner-up Winner: Medi-App: Research Project
Catholic church split over abuse scandal gravity
The Vatican has already warned that in some countries the church is dragging its feet because of cultural difference over what constitutes child abuse
Yes, women can be sexual predators
It happens far more frequently than is generally believed, and can psychologically scar men for life
Pope calls bishops to ‘child protection’ meeting in February
The Church has been hit by a series of child abuse scandals in recent years
Bird Island child abuse: The truth will set us free
Apartheid’s ministers must account for their crimes and we too need to confront them