‘Child soldiers on the Cape Flats are a reality’
By Loushe Jordaan Thousands of children are serving as soldiers in armed conflicts around the world, recruited by a state or non-state armed groups and used as fighters, human shields, messengers, or spies. But in Cape Town, there is a different kind of child soldier roaming the gang ridden streets of the cape Flats. These children are exposed to immense violence within their communities – unable to break free from […]
