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Health warning study for children and teens physical activities
lifestyle

Health warning study for children and teens’ physical activities

playdate
Offbeat

It is international playdate day

Scholar transport driver school
News

Scholar transport: More than a ride, it’s your child’s life

Health warning study for children and teens physical activities
Health and Fitness

Health warning study for children and teens’ physical activities

playdate
Offbeat

It is international playdate day

Scholar transport driver school
News

Scholar transport: More than a ride, it’s your child’s life

kid inventors'
Offbeat

Celebrate little geniuses on kid inventors’ day

By Michelle Swart17-01-2023 07:08

Kid inventors’ day honors children who have dared to defy the world and come up with better solutions than all the adults before them

undocumented children
Education

Undocumented children struggle to find schools

By Ground Up13-01-2023 09:46

Many children of immigrant parents who are undocumented are struggling to get places in South African schools.

E-gaming tournament
Gaming

China approves first foreign video games since crackdown

By Agence France-Presse28-12-2022 13:38

Chinese regulators approved 44 new foreign video game titles Wednesday, the first to be allowed to hit the market since an industry crackdown to rein in minors’ gaming habits swept the sector last year.

Pastor throws Christmas party
News

Pastor throws Christmas party for over 1000 children

By Virginia Keppler-Young23-12-2022 16:53

A Pretoria pastor have warmth the hearts of hundreds of children when he surprised them with a massive Christmas party. Image Lascot Studio

South African kid driving Land Rover.
Motoring

‘Where’s your father?’ South Africans react to ‘8-year-old’ boy driving SUV in Vereeniging

By Sean Parker15-12-2022 11:33

A young South African boy was filmed driving a Land Rover in Vereeniging, Gauteng.

Disney
Offbeat

Time to revisit your childhood memories – It’s Walt Disney day!

By Michelle Swart05-12-2022 06:58

Walt Disney Day, observed on 5 December, honors the man responsible for some of our fondest childhood memories

Mum rage is real but should be talked about and managed
Parenting and Kids

Parenthood is not for sissies: More women succumb to ‘mom rage’

By Mariette van Niekerk04-12-2022 12:16

Parenting is hard, and rage isn’t anything to be ashamed about. It’s all in how you deal with it and there is help.

Worlds Youngest club Dj
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: World’s youngest club DJ

By Shyleen Choruma25-11-2022 07:05

South Africa’s Oratilwe AJ Hlongwane has been determined to become the world’s Youngest club DJ won South Africa’s Got Talent back in 2015.

Raising a resilient child using music.
Parenting and Kids

Music proven to make your child more RESILIENT

By The Conversation10-11-2022 06:14

Raising children, the hardest job in the world, just got a cheat code! Raise your kids to become resilient individuals in the future.

MSF says children living in open prison
World News

MSF says children are living in ‘open air prison’ in Syria

By Agence France-Presse08-11-2022 02:45

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has deplored the fate of thousands of children living in “a giant open air prison” at Syria’s Al-Hol camp.

Watch child was TRAMPLED to death by a giraffe in KZN video
News

WATCH | Child was TRAMPLED to death by a giraffe [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga20-10-2022 14:40

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Onkarabetse Thole, 11-year-old drowns, 11-year-old boy drowns, Gogga Pump Station, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Northern Cape Provincial Manager Mlungisi Khaya, drowning
News

Family wants answers after boy, 11, drowns at Gogga Pump Station

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty23-09-2022 21:43

An 11-year-old boy died after drowning at the Gogga Pump Station in Kimberley earlier this month and his family wants answers.

Dunoon
News

Over 60 crèches in Dunoon struggle to register for funding

By Ground Up23-09-2022 15:34

Only one of the Early Childhood Development centres in Dunoon, Cape Town is formally registered, says Councillor Meisie Makuwa.

A SEVEN-year-old schoolboy dies after a HEART attack
News

A SEVEN-year-old schoolboy dies after a HEART attack

By Corné van Zyl16-09-2022 11:15

How is this even possible? A SEVEN-year-old schoolboy, Rayn Cronjé of Rustenburg recently died after a HEART attack.

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News

Government raises age for criminal capacity – what does it mean?

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty19-08-2022 13:31

The Justice and Correctional Services Department has increased the age of criminal capacity in the country.

Watch Nine-year-old boy killed, mother in critical condition video
News

WATCH | Nine-year-old boy killed, mother is critical [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga17-08-2022 16:20

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

child marriages, civil unions, customary marriages, child marriages in South Africa, minor marriage SA
News

Child marriages *could* be outlawed in SA, but it’s a process…

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty03-08-2022 19:33

While child marriages are technically legal in SA, there seems to be plans by government to completely outlaw them.

Five CHILDREN burnt to death in HORRIFIC accident on R721
Free State

Five CHILDREN burnt to death in HORRIFIC accident on R721

By Corné van Zyl01-08-2022 11:02

This is HORRIFIC! Five children passengers, aged between ten and eighteen, died when their car burst into flames on the R721.

SAHPRA HIV treatment children
News

SAHPRA makes breakthrough in HIV treatment for children

By Nokwanda Ncwane25-06-2022 11:15

SAHPRA has made a breakthrough in HIV treatment for positive infants and young children by registering new ARVs.

school holidays holiday activities
Parenting and Kids

Holiday fun: Cheap and easy ways to keep the kids busy at home [watch]

By Denika Herbst24-06-2022 16:23

Blast away the cabin fever and winter chill during the school holidays with these inexpensive items to make at home!

Child-friendly meta verse
Lifestyle

Is meta verse child-friendly technology?

By Agence France-Presse20-06-2022 19:12

Campaigners and experts found themselves in wrangles about the future of technology specifically on how to build a child-friendly metaverse

Andy
Celeb News

Andy Cohen says his kids can use his embryos to have their own children

By Alicia Naidoo13-06-2022 08:15

Andy Cohen says his kids can use his embryos in the future to have their own children and ‘raise their siblings.’ Take a look…

Mpumalanga MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture Thandi Shongwe, Bontle Mshiyane, child murders, child killings, syndicate, body parts being sold, six-year-old found dead, children
Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga MEC thinks a syndicate is targeting children for body parts

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty10-06-2022 21:20

MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture in Mpumalanga Thandi Shongwe thinks a syndicate may be targeting children for their body parts.

Watch SA's child murder video
News

WATCH | Concerns raised about SA’s ‘child murder hot-spot’ [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga30-05-2022 17:07

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

early-childhood-education
Parenting and Kids

Compulsory early childhood education: What parents need to know

By Marilynn Manuel28-04-2022 16:39

An education expert breaks down SA’s compulsory early childhood education and shares advice for parents looking to get a head start.

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