Over 40% of S Africans have AIDS or are HIV +ve & the country has the worst rate of HIV/AIDS in children at 54%. The traditional healers(sangomas) & witch doctors usually counteract any attempts to educate people on the true causes & cures. They say worms in people's chests are causing the problem & must be cut out. They say that having sex with virgins will prove a cure with the result that sometimes babies as young as 2 - 3 days old are raped. They say that eating turtle meat will be a cure & so an already endangered species is almost wiped out in places.
According to all that we have heard, African culture is very sexual & they start to be sexually active at as young as 9 years old. Children cannot necessarily expect protection from the adults around them. There are numerous cases of fathers sexually abusing their children. The most sickening story that we heard about was of an aunt who gave her 9 year old niece over to be raped by 5 men - in exchange for air time for her aunt's mobile phone.
It was grossly depressing to realise just how desperate so many peoples lives must be.
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