Abandoning mothers are portrayed as immoral criminals and murderers or suffering from severe mental disorders.
Child abandonment is increasingly being associated with postpartum depression and post-traumatic stress.
No statistics are currently available from government, however, the reporting of child abandonment gives us some indication of the typical age of the children and places where they are found:
No statistics are currently available from government, however, the reporting of child abandonment gives us some indication of the typical age of the children and places where they are found:
Only one article mentioned the abandonment of a child in the ‘suburbs’, however, a number of articles claimed that mothers chose to travel to informal township environments to abandon their children.