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Digital content may seem harmless but children are being commodified and South Africa’s legal framework has not evolved to include the digital economy.

Pixels and protection: Strengthening legal frameworks against digital child labour

In many cases, the digital economy presents a perceived lifeline for families who are struggling to make ends meet

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Caregivers: The Gauteng department of social development has ordered centres which care for abandoned infants to close but some are going to court to fight this.

Baby Savers South Africa fights back as Gauteng department cracks down on centres

Organisations are going to court to challenge the constitutionality of Children’s Act provisions

  • Umamah Bakharia
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The court can step in and help protect the interests of vulnerable people like older people with conditions such as dementia. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images

The generations connection: Do grandparents have contact rights with grandchildren?

A judgment has reaffirmed that the courts must always put children’s interest first

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