This nation must protect its children
The grief of the two mothers is shared by too many parents throughout South Africa who have lost their children in brutal and devastating ways.
Children in our society frequently have to bear the brunt of violence. Newspapers are filled with reports of women who murder their offspring, fathers who rape their daughters, strangers who rape children, hired killers who murder infants for body parts, serial rapists and killers who target teenagers, traffickers who sell children to pimps and for labour, fathers who murder their families. Many more children are forced to witness violence, or are physically abused or neglected.
This is a terrifying world in which to raise children.
Children in our society frequently have to bear the brunt of violence. Newspapers are filled with reports of women who murder their offspring, fathers who rape their daughters, strangers who rape children, hired killers who murder infants for body parts, serial rapists and killers who target teenagers, traffickers who sell children to pimps and for labour, fathers who murder their families. Many more children are forced to witness violence, or are physically abused or neglected.
This is a terrifying world in which to raise children.
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