25 September 2025
Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - September marks International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Childhood cancer is one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths among children worldwide, and in South Africa, around 1 000 children are diagnosed each year.
Too many are diagnosed too late, and too many families face this journey without enough support.
Stilfontein mom Rouvierre van Tonder recalls the feeling she experienced sixteen years ago when her four-year-old son was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). “I felt my life had come to a horrible end. That I could not save or protect my child.’’
