International research shows that between 50% and 65% of adult sex offenders commit their first sexual offences as children aged between 13 and 17 years.This is according to a report tabled at the parliamentary hearing on Sexual Abuse of Children last week by Buyi Mbambo, a United Nations representative for the Child Justice Project in South Africa. In sharp contrast to these grim statistics are three teenagers who work as volunteers at Molo Songololo, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting the rights of children and their general wellbeing. In this audio report in isiXhosa and English the three volunteers speak about the cases they witness and the work they do.

When there's no one to turn to, or when fear makes it impossible to speak out about one's HIV status, creating a memory box is one of the first steps towards breaking the silence. Memory boxes offer individuals a way to talk about themselves and what its like to live with an infection like HIV. In this audio report, we visit the memory box workshops currently being held at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town.

Doctors, researchers as well as nutrition and child health experts have warned that a decision to offer free formula feed to HIV positive mothers could be doing more harm than good, especially for those infants living in rural settings or poor peri-urban poverty. But those who have been dispensing formula feed in the urban areas warn that the debate should be placed in context with different solutions for different areas, depending on issues such as access to water, health services and levels of poverty.