The thought of having to report child abuse can be very daunting for a counsellor. It can often be a very overwhelming thought, and I have heard people say that this is one of the main reasons that they don’t want to work with children. It is my hope that [Read More]
23 Jan 2024: SAPS ARRESTS THREE MORE CHILD ONLINE SEXUAL PREDATORS Western Cape, 23 January 2024: A man who posed as a teenager to lure under age girls to a chat group where child pornography was distributed and shared is amongst three Child Online Sexual predators that have been arrested [Read More]
As many as one in three children, in fact, fall prey to opportunistic adults… Too many stories of school sports coaches taking advantage of their positions are making headlines. If the headlines are to be believed, it would appear that the sexual abuse of children is widespread in schools and [Read More]
The daughter of Joao (Jan) Rodriguez, the apartheid-era policeman accused of murdering teacher & activist Ahmed Timol in a 1971 staged suicide, today laid charges of historical child abuse against her 80-year old father. Tilana Stander today decided to go public about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands [Read More]
Sexual exploration and sexual play are a natural part of a child’s development, and may involve: motivated by mutual curiosity with no pressure or power play involved interested in similarities and differences between their bodies and others showing their genitals to others touching each other’s genitals peeking or catching others [Read More]
M L Hendricks MA (Clinical Psychology), MPhil (Applied Ethics), LLB, is the principal clinical psychologist at Stikland Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town ABSTRACT Legislation concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse [Read More]
