An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth ...

The legacy of that denial is 3.37 million South African children under 17 without one or both parents, according to a 2011 census. Most are orphans, and some 64% are in the care of grandmothers ...

About 13 million children in South Africa live in poverty, despite the estimated R700 billion a year investment made by the government, private sector and NGOs to tackle this.

Known as the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), it led to the investment of more than $100bn (£74bn) in the ...

Looking at other child labour statistics, we found that the majority (90%) of working children were Africans; above 60% were ...

While South Africa made strides in advancing women and children’s rights, ... South Africa has some progressive laws aimed at protecting women’s rights, ... (approximately US $550 million) ...

Close to 10 million children in low-income communities in South Africa have access to a school lunch via the National School Nutrition Program. This program is an excellent intervention which ...