It has been proven (scientifically) that 5 out of 7 children in South Africa are abused by their parent figures.
FACT.
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There are 13 million children in South Africa that are employed as child laborers. Children are employed as young as five years old in South Africa.
At the age of 18 years.
What's your excuse for child abuse?
I once read in a newspaper article that in South Africa, you can only legally leave a child alone from age 14, and younger children can only legally be looked after by a child of minimum 16 years of age. Not sure where I read this, though.
This is a difficult question to answer as children in South Africa does not represent a homogenous group since South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Therefore, there is a huge difference in what the life for different children in South Africa is like. For some children life is great, carefree and safe, for others it is the exact opposite. South Africa is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but sadly, life is still very difficult for the majority of South Africa's children.