By assigning women and children the responsibility to protect themselves from men’s abuse and violence the commissioner is inadvertently saying that women and children are to blame for the abuse of men on their bodies.
The arrest of a Limpopo mother accused of killing her 11-month-old baby on the first day of child protection week has brought into sharp focus the dangers SA children face from their own parents.
Apartheid laws created the misery that SAâs children and their caregivers find themselves in
By Neziswa Titi, Childrenâs Institute of UCT
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In the last year, we have seen worrisome media reports of children bullying each other. The public has expressed grave concern with calls for schools to take action against children who violate their peers. In one particular case, we witnessed the detrimental psycho-social effects of bullying which can lead to suicide or children being unable to return to school.
The pervasive question lingering in the air, as if children are to blame, is, âWhy do children abuse each other?â