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NC parents slapped with 10-year sentence each for abusing baby
They were sentenced in the Galeshewe Regional Court earlier this week.
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CT community angry after charges dropped against man accused of raping baby
The National Prosecuting Authority said after carefully analysing evidence in the docket, the State had taken a decision to provisionally withdraw the charges.
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Disappointment after historic sexual abuse case delayed in CT
Two sisters are preparing to face their alleged abusers in court this year more than four decades after the alleged abuse took place.
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CT women demand better funding for shelters of abuse victims
The demonstration was held outside Parliament by members of the Western Cape Women's Shelter Movement and the National Shelter Movement of South Africa.
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16 more sexual offences courts to be built - Lamola
During the 2017/2018 financial year, 2,930 women and 985 children were murdered; more than 15% of the total number of people murdered in that time.
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Woodstock orphanage owner living a 'fraudulent life' - court told
This was the second staffer from Al-Noor Child and Youth Care Centre to be arrested.
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Shock after sentencing of George teacher convicted of sexual grooming
The Thembalethu Regional Court has sentenced Hendrik Fourie to one-year correctional supervision and three years direct imprisonment, suspended for five years.
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Vredenburg man accused of murdering girlfriend’s children due in court
Derek Karlmeyer faces two charges of murder in connection with the deaths of one-year-old Conray and three-year-old Faith Adams.
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Worcester man handed 25-year sentence for murdering girlfriend's baby
Sentencing was handed down after the court last week found Reginald Bezuidenhoudt guilty as charged.
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Violence against children condemned after father hanged two girls
It's understood the father of the girls, aged between five and eight, had a domestic dispute with the children's mother.
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Woodstock orphanage accused of abuse, 17 children removed
The provincial Social Development said it was investigating a number of complaints of physical and sexual abuse at the Al Noor Child and Youth Care Centre.
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Over 270 abused children treated at Red Cross hospital this year
The hospital said it has seen an increase in the numbers and severity of child abuse and neglect cases over the past 25 years.
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Man accused of toddler Orderick Lucas's murder to face judgment in June
Volkwyn is accused of killing 22-month-old Orderick Lucas in March.
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EC man (48) gets double life sentence for raping daughter
Police said he repeatedly raped a young girl in 2017 on a farm where they lived.
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Child abuse case against Carletonville crèche teacher postponed
Nellie Senwametsi appeared in the Oberholzer Magistrates Court on Tuesday for allegedly abusing children at the Ninnies Neurons nursery school.
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Parents vote on dropping Michael Jackson's name from his old school hall
Gardner Street school's Michael Jackson Auditorium has become a thorny issue ever since the airing of "Leaving Neverland", an HBO documentary which alleges the singer molested two boys when they were seven and 10 years old.
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Body of missing toddler (2) found in Vaal River
A six-day search led to the discovery of her body in the Vaal River on Thursday afternoon. A suspect has been arrested.
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Protecting children: Parents share stories of when their children faced danger
Two fathers joined the Eusebius McKaiser Show to share their concerns about alleged sexual predators in their communities.
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Child abuse, recurrent depression linked to similar changes in brain
In their study of people with major depressive disorder, two separate aspects of patients’ history were both linked with alterations in brain structure: childhood maltreatment, and more severe and recurrent depression.
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Parents, guardians urged to keep watch over children during Easter break
Child protection statistics show 516 cases of neglect and 12 cases of abandonment were reported between April and June last year in the Western Cape.
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Case against suspect in murder of toddler Orderick Lucas postponed
Children playing soccer in a street in Eerste River last week discovered the little boy's body after they kicked their ball into the drain.
