Children

Pretoria - Gauteng Education MEC Barbara Creecy has urged family workshop facilitators to assist families understand simple ways to help children do better at school.

Addressing over 500 facilitators from the Central Johannesburg District Office during a workshop held ...

MANSA, 20 December 2010 (IRIN) - The minimum legal age for marriage in Zambia is 18, and parental consent is required if a girl or boy is 16-17. Anyone under 16 is a minor, and defilement of a minor is a serious offence, punishable by imprisonment of up to 25 years.

Patricia was 12 when she married John, four years her senior.

"My parents said they needed to benefit [from my dowry] before they die, and ...

Mmabatho – The National Youth Service (NYS) programme is a Presidential initiative that seeks to create employment opportunities and eradicate poverty by involving young people in the delivery of crucial government services.

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Lusikisiki - In an effort to ensure the wellbeing of child abuse victims, private hospital group, Netcare, has adopted the Lusikisiki Child Abuse Resource Centre (LUCARC) under its Mother and Child Trust’s project.

LUCARC which operates in the Oliver Tambo Municipality in the Eastern Cape ensures the wellbeing of child abuse ...

Windhoek – Following in South Africa’s footsteps, Namibia has become the second country in Southern Africa to endorse a national plan of action to tackle and eliminate the worst forms of child labour.

The plan was endorsed earlier this week at a national conference convened by the Namibian Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

The Ministry ...