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An organisation that plays a crucial role in rescuing abandoned babies is getting some much needed help - thanks to HOT1027 listeners.. It’s Child Protection Week, and here on HOT1027, we’ve been shining a light on South Africa’s most urgent crises—none more heartbreaking than baby abandonment. Every year, thousands of…

In Krugersdorp’s struggling neighbourhoods, the devastating realities of drug addiction, homelessness and child neglect play out every day. But at one small shelter, a team of women is fighting back—one mother and one child at a time. This Child Protection week, HOT1027’s Tara Penny visited "Wings of Inspiration" to find…

As the country marks Child Protection Week, there's a team here in Gauteng, providing emergency care to children in crisis on a daily basis. It's the "Sunlight Safe House", a refuge for children who’ve been abandoned, abused, or removed from unsafe homes. HOT1027’s Natasha Thorp sat down with the woman…

Hundreds of thousands of children across South Africa are reaching out for help, many of them through Childline’s 24-hour call centre. This Child Protection Week, HOT 1027 News is exploring how the organisation is responding and why support from the wider community is so important in protecting our children. HOT…

As the fight against human trafficking intensifies, experts warn that children here in South Africa—and particularly in Gauteng—remain prime targets for traffickers. As we mark Child Protection Week, parents are being warned that corruption, porous borders, and a disturbing increase in female traffickers are fueling a crisis that sees children…