Child abuse (as defined in Act 38 of 2005) means any form of harm or ill-treatment deliberately inflicted on a child, and includes:
Assaulting a child or inflicting any other form of deliberate injury to a child;
Sexually abusing a child or allowing a child to be sexually abused;
Bullying by another child;
A labour practice that exploits a child; or
Exposing or subjecting a child to behavior that may harm the child psychologically or emotionally.
SEXUAL ABUSE
PHYSICAL ABUSE
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
NEGLECT
A. Sexual Abuse
B. Physical Abuse
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C. Neglect
Child neglect is a very common type of child abuse. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, more children suffer from neglect than from physical and sexual abuse combined. Yet victims are not often identified, primarily because neglect is a type of child abuse that is an act of omission - of not doing something.
There are three basic types of neglect;
D. Emotional Abuse
Other names for emotional abuse are:
Emotional child abuse can come from adults or from other children: