Missing Children | More than 30 000 children were victims of crime in 2021

JOHANNESBURG - In 2021, around 30,000 children fell prey to criminal activity. 

That's is according to the State of the South African Children report,  which was published in November by Deloitte Africa and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. 

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Linda Ncube-Nkomo, CEO of the foundation's fund, believes that we, as a nation, have failed in our collective responsibility to protect the rights of children.