At a rate of about 3 a day, 549 children, some not even a year old, were murdered in the first half of this year. Sowetan brings to you a special report on this tragic state of affairs. 

Unforgivable crime

Stop killing our children. This is a call from civil rights organisations who say the brutal murders and violence against children in the country must end and that harsher sentences must be handed down to perpetrators.

Family's unanswered questions

Lebo Mokgako said the family was grateful for support from community members and the public, but was struggling to come to terms with her cruel death.

“We want to know why. We’re not coping because what happened is inhumane. How can you mutilate and kill a four-year-old? 

Killings must end now

Yet another life of a child is lost in a senseless killing of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo, whose body was found in an open veld in Tamboville, near Benoni, on the East Rand last week.