Shocking child rape statistics

Forty percent of all rape cases reported in the past year involved children. Police statistics show that more than 22-thousand children were raped during the past financial year and that more than one thousand had been murdered and more than 30-thousand assaulted. Beeld quotes HRC chairperson Jody Kollapen as saying that society itself must do more to help protect children's rights, and not simply rely on the justice system. He says there is a great difference between children’s rights and what happens in practice and the country is facing a crisis in this regard.