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FILE: The SA Children’s Home in Cape Town. Picture: Siyabonga Sesant/EWN.

Child abandon

CT parents struggling to support their children urged not to give up...

By Eduard De Kock

The city has implored parents not to give up hope after a child was found abandoned at a CT hospital.

  • FILE: Cape Town Child Welfare Society spokesperson says babies are abandoned due to poverty, hidden pregnancies, single motherhood, and teenage pregnancies. Picture: Stock.XCHNG

    Parents urged to seek help, not abandon babies

    This week a three- month-old baby girl was found on an open field in Woodlands, Mitchells Plain.

    2560 days ago
  • FILE: The Western Cape Social Development Department on Friday said a 20-year-old mother who abandoned her two-year-old son at a Philippi shopping mall is receiving counselling. Picture: EWN

    Charges dropped against mother who abandoned child

    The young mother who abandoned her two-year-old son at a Philippi shopping mall is receiving counselling.

    2630 days ago
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