Four-year-old Bokgabo Poo’s horror rape, murder and dismemberment united government and communities in grief and fury. But in a country with under-reported statistics of three...
Child Homicide
Safe relinquishment: Finding solutions to South Africa’s child abandonment and late-term abortion crisis
Catholic Bishops Liaison Office Watch on Youtube High levels of crisis pregnancies in South Africa and limited options lead large numbers of desperategirls and women to abandon...
Are South African parents getting away with murder?
The South African Constitution guarantees the right to life, along with the right for children to be free of maltreatment, abuse, neglect and degradation. So why are parents who...
Ending the silent massacre of children, one life at a time
As the Life Esidimeni hearing drew to an agonising close, child protection activists warned that South Africa is experiencing a silent massacre of children: the ongoing deaths of...
#BabiesMatter, or do they?
Over the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, an intensive campaign run by veteran child protection activist Luke Lamprecht called #BabiesMatter...
The deadly power of patriarchy
In the few short weeks of 2017, the world has taken a lumbering step backwards in the battle against patriarchy, thanks largely to America’s new president and his unlikely ally,...
A mounting tally of small bodies: Why are we killing our children?
Three recent cases of violence against children highlight the gap between what can be done and what is (or isn’t) done. The government often responds to such social crises on an...
A letter to aborted twins
To the aborted twins, we failed you because if you died in the womb, even on the cusp of birth, our law says you were not a person and that you have no legal rights. We failed...
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