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Sexting, shared nudes and sextortion are part of a worrying trend among many South African and overseas kids and teens, despite big tech’s promises that it’s taking steps to protect children online. Peer pressure, bullying and even voluntary participation is on the rise. But parents can do some...
More than half of the nine- to 17-year-olds in South Africa have seen sexual images on a phone or online device in the past year – 8% took naked photos or videos of themselves and two-thirds of those children shared them. Some experts report up to 15 cases of sextortion a day involving children...
Child abuse in the Western Cape was put under the spotlight last week, when a woman was accused of pouring boiling water on a child.
The provincial government has now called on the private sector to help with funding NGOs, while the national government says the state can not afford to put money where there was no accountability.