LOCAL The treatment gap, namely the percentage of people with epilepsy whose seizures are not being appropriately treated at a given point in time, is estimated at 75% in low-income countries and is substantially higher in rural than urban areas. President of the Neurological Association of SA (Nasa) Dr Patty[…]
Please note this story contains graphic details, which might upset some readers, including children. Information has surfaced that a six-year-old Grade 1 learner from Clermont, west of Durban, who went missing on the way home from school, might have been murdered. The dismembered body of Asanda Mkhize was found a week later[…]
LOCAL The Department of Social Development has launched the week-long campaign in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. This coming week marks National Child Protection Week in South Africa. This year, the focus will be on teenage pregnancy which saw a spike, during the Covid-19 period, of teenagers giving birth in 2021. The National Child[…]
“He hurt my child and he hurt me. This is the first time I am speaking about the incident.” These were the words of Shanaaz Majal, a distraught Wesbank mother whose son has allegedly fallen victim to a serial molester in the community. With the outcry of sexual abuse allegations[…]
A 10-year-old Palestinian child was shot in the head with live ammunition used by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank town of Kafr Qaddum, the Palestinian WAFA news agency said. Abdul-Rahman Yasser Shtewi was rushed to the hospital and remains in critical condition, WAFA reported on[…]
The University of Cape Town has instituted action against a staff member who allegedly posted on Facebook that he wanted to rape and kill his 2-year-old child while he was suffering from depression. UCT spokesperson Gerda Kruger said on Tuesday that the institution was treating the matter as urgent and[…]
Cape Town police are urging residents to assist them in apprehending a man wanted for the rape of a 7 year old girl in Mfuleni. According to police spokesperson, Noliyiso Rwexana, the girl was approached by the suspect around 7:30am on Friday while making her way to school in Nqilo[…]
The shocking discovery that a 5 year old girl from Diep River was allegedly sexual exploited for money and food has prompted child protection social workers to place her into temporary safe care. The Western Cape Department of Social Development said the girl was allegedly being abused and forced to[…]
China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of the strict one-child policy, the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday, a move aimed at alleviating demographic strains on the economy. The policy is a major liberalization of the country’s family planning restrictions,[…]
Child marriage is a human rights violation and is illegal under international law. However, in some countries these laws are not enforced or exceptions are provided for parental consent or traditional and customary laws. Child marriage is said to impact over 15 million girls a year, but Jude Thaddeus from[…]
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