. There was an increase in reported crimes against children, particularly rapes and sexual assault. The increase was particularly observed in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng Provinces. . There was a concern on the death of children and lack of service delivery. . Poor or no follow up by social workers when a case of child abuse was reported from the Childline crisis and counseling line, particularly from North West (child died because social worker never followed up) and Limpopo Provinces (follow up never made when a father called and the child died due cases related to organ transplant). . Poor implementation of laws impacted on service delivery. It was noted that in the event that cases of child abuse and sexual assault/rape were reported, a withdrawal statement was signed without the child understanding the implications. Hence, children were turned away by police officers at police stations. . Duplication of provisions in legislation and waste of resources in terms of child protection and sexual offender registers. . Lack of resources to implement services for children, particularly as it related to the implementation of the Children's Act. It had been noted that the allocation within each province was inadequate, particularly the budgets allocated for prevention programmes. . Lack of training of those who rendered services to children. That contributed to poor service delivery and secondary traumatisation of children. Low literacy levels amongst police officers at front desk resulted in reluctance to complete forms or poor quality of statements. Senior police officials received training but the information was not filtered down to lower level workers.