At the beginning of September, South Africa’s Western Cape High Court will hear a case that could finally end the ...

The tragic case of six-year-old Joshlin Smith horrified South Africa and sparked global outrage. What began as a missing child report in February 2024 quickly unraveled into a disturbing child ...

The Children’s Act of 2005 is an excellent piece of legislation but, with exceptions, the training of social workers has plummeted in recent decades, with some accused of criminality.

A version of this article appears in print on May 10, 2025, Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Report of a Child’s Rape Sets Off Outrage in One South African Town.

In November 2024, the Teddy Bear Foundation, an organization working on child abuse in South Africa, reported that of the more than 5,000 cases it dealt with between 2019 and 2024, only four ...