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Forensic Pathologists: Over 15% of Child Deaths in South Africa are Homicides

Forensic Pathologists: Over 15% of Child Deaths in South Africa are Homicides
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Child Homicide spikes in South Africa

Around 1,000 children are murdered each year in South Africa, according to official figures. Yet many more killed children don t make the official numbers, as homicides are not investigated properly. Wandi Zitho s story Wandi Zitho was five when he was strangled with a rope this April, allegedly by a neighbor in Johannesburg. He became another dead child, in a country where there are too many. According to Professor Shanaaz Matthews, director of the Children s Institute at the University of Cape Town, in a 2013 paper, she found that South Africa had a child homicide rate of 5.5 per 100,000. And when we compared this to global averages we found that this was more than double the global average of child homicide rate of about 2.4 per 100,000, she said.

In South Africa, child homicides show violence entrenched

In South Africa, child homicides show violence entrenched by Gerald Imray And Bram Janssen, The Associated Press Posted Dec 22, 2020 2:59 am EDT Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 3:12 am EDT This photo of Wandi Zitho is seen on the mobile phone of his mother, Amanda Zitho, on April 30, 2020, two days after his funeral. The 5-year-old was found dead in his neighbor s tavern in Orange Farm, South Africa. The neighbor was charged with the killing but she was released because the police didn’t deliver enough evidence. Months later, she was arrested again and charged with murdering two other children. (Courtesy of Amanda Zitho via AP)

Around 1,000 children killed annually in South Africa amid entrenched violence

Cape Town Official crime figures show around 1,000 children are murdered every year in South Africa - nearly three a day - but experts believe this may be an undercount. Shanaaz Mathews thinks many more children are victims of homicides that are not investigated properly, not prosecuted or completely missed by authorities. The official figures are just the tip of the iceberg , said Ms Mathews, the director of the Children s Institute at the University of Cape Town and probably the country s leading expert on child homicides. In a country where more than 50 people are murdered every day, children are not special and are not spared.

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