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Child mortality rates remain unacceptably high. Poverty and inequality continue to shape life chances before a child is even born. (Photo: Supplied)
2026 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

Malnutrition could undo all the work of saving young lives

Reducing child mortality is possible. What remains is the courage to scale what works and to sustain it. If we are serious about ending child stunting by 2030, then we must act…

  • Shadi Nyokong
4 min read
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund believes that when children lead, the digital world becomes more humane, more creative, and more just
AFRICAN CHILDREN S SUMMIT

Children must not just be digital natives, but leaders too

The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund believes that when children lead, the digital world becomes more humane, more creative, and more just

  • Refilwe Mokoena
  • Anzio Jacobs
6 min read
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain. (File photo)
13 MILLION CHILDREN

13 million South African children are still living in poverty

A study by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund says the direct cost of child poverty is estimated to be about 9% of GDP

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read