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Soccer field offers hope to Johannesburg’s children

Field of Dreams project aims to counter the neglect of the city’s public parks

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News | 3 November 2025

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Residents of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East say dams in the area are unsafe

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Zama Educare offers toddlers a space in crowded Dunoon

Thulani Bashe says she wants to teach children and not just babysit them

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News | 8 September 2025

“We can see the way children are treated by the way they treat their dogs”

Funda Nenja runs a dog training programme that offers veterinary care as well as social work

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News | 20 August 2025

Child miners risk death in Zambia’s copper pits

Police rescued 38 children from Sensele Mine in July

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Feature | 18 August 2025

Crèches battle complicated registration process

More than half of Cape Town’s Early Childhood Development centres are unregistered

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Government is taking action to keep learners safe

Response to article: Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

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Right to reply | 28 June 2025

Gauteng children’s organisations protest against funding cuts

Over 300 workers marched, demanding the reinstatement of psychosocial funding and the return of food parcel distribution

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Brief | 27 June 2025

Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

In spite of government promises, only one teacher in ten has been screened

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Feature | 25 June 2025