Children

Child protection services raise alarm on funding shortfalls

The Child Welfare Society has taken over Badisa’s office in Wynberg since the organisation was forced to close down... Read more

1 Jun, 2023

Catherine Kell, University of Cape Town; Carolyn McKinney, University of Cape Town; Robyn Tyler, University of the Western Cape,... Read more

22 May, 2023

Bogota – Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than... Read more

19 May, 2023

Johannesburg – At three years old, a South African toddler reads better than 80% of the country’s schoolchildren who... Read more

19 May, 2023

Bogota – Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after... Read more

18 May, 2023

Houston – A 14-year-old girl was shot and wounded over the weekend while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana, police said... Read more

11 May, 2023

Windhoek – Namibia’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a decision by a lower court to grant citizenship to a... Read more

21 Mar, 2023

Dar Es Salaam – The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools in the... Read more

15 Feb, 2023

Lisbon – Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5 000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on... Read more

13 Feb, 2023

Lusaka – Eight Croatians accused of child trafficking in Zambia appeared in court on Friday to deny the charges... Read more

11 Feb, 2023