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Eastern Cape social development MEC Bukiwe Fanta says children deserve protection, love and care. (THEO JEPTHA)

Eastern Cape records 60 child abandonment, sexual abuse cases in December

More than 60 cases of child abandonment and sexual abuse were registered in the Eastern Cape in December, provincial social development MEC Bukiwe Fanta said on Tuesday. She condemned the alarming trend of deliberate abandonment and…

Pearl Thusi believes women are the rock who have guided SA through the dark.Image: Instagram/Pearl Thusi

Pearl Thusi says women are the foundation of the country

“With all the storms, they’ve managed to keep this nation standing’ Actress and media personality reminded SA that women are the foundation of the nation despite the hardships they face. Pearl said throughout history, and even in an…

The traffic official and guard are close relatives of grandmother Ntomboxolo Mfana, who died of Covid-19 related complications last week.Image: 123RF/JARUN ONTAKRAI

83 cases of Covid-19 are children aged 10 and younger

Government data shows 83 children aged 10 years and younger have been infected with Covid-19. Of the 83, 48 are male and 34 are female, with incomplete data on one case. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Monday that four more…

International Day of the elimination of violence against women and children – it’s today!

Today marks the International Day of the elimination of violence against women and children in what remains a human rights issue worldwide. The day was first marked in Columbia in 1981 and in 1993, according to website www.checkiday.com…

More than 6-million children starving in SA – Child Gauge report

More than 6-million children in South Africa live below the food poverty line with many families failing to provide the minimum nutrition needed to survive and thrive. This was revealed in the South African Child Gauge 2018 report on…