Child protection | When safe spaces become torture chambers

JOHANNESBURG - A disturbing incident has shocked the country.

A Bloubergstrand couple was arrested for sexually abusing and using their daughters for child pornography.

The children aged 3 and 8 have been moved to a place of safety.

But that safe place should have been their home.

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And, these two girls are not alone, with many children facing pain and abuse in what is meant to be a sanctuary.

Save the Children SA's Gugu Xaba said our morals as a country have degenerated to a terrible extent.

"When you look at the outcomes of our own behaviour as parents, as brothers and sisters, it's shocking," she said.

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