Crimes Against Children
latest news & developmentsMurder is SA’s hidden civil war, even more silent is the violent fight against women
Many predators target women and children, and they aren’t defined by race, income or geography. It’s a shameful phenomenon, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.
Syrian children pay the price for ‘world’s inaction’
Humanitarian workers and activists say the government has repeatedly delayed access for relief and aid, potentially in violation of a truce agreement.
SA must end ‘cancer of abuse against women, children’
The year 2009 must become a 365-day campaign of no violence against women and children, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.
Forced to face up
Child witnesses are often made to confront their assailants, write Anita Funke and Sandiso Phaliso.