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Sunday 16th May 2010.
Finally one of the UK broadsheets has taken note of the amount of child rape in South Africa – read the piece by Rachel Shields at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/south-africas-shame-the-rise-of-child-rape-1974578.html in the Independent on Sunday. Rachel also talks about a programme to be shown on UK C4 at 9pm on Sunday evening 23rd May – a Dispatches programme …. it promises to be fairly hard hitting stuff.

Encouraging words from one of our partners in South Africa – evidence of how much our work is valued and how much impact it is having. Read it here.

Information just in from one of our partners

Fred Bridgland, award winning journalist, has written an in-depth article about the situation in South Africa - you can read it at http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/a-girl-born-in-south-africa-has-a-better-change-of-being-raped-than-learning-to-read-1.919503
or download a pdf copy here. It is gripping reading.

The annual report for 2008-2009 is available here (warning - large file!)

8th April 2010. Rhoda Kadalie.

'One important element in the murder of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene TerreBlanche — and one that has been generally overlooked — is that one of the suspects is only 15 years old. A mere child. But then he is just one of the many South African children who are raping young women and children and murdering people, black and white, old and young, rich and poor.’ Read more here.

Report of Lesley's visit to South Africa November 2009

It seems as if the abuse of small children is getting worse in southern Africa – see this story from the BBC from Zimbabwe, similar problems, similar causes and almost certainly similar ways to help resolve the situation.

There was, recently, an article in the Star newspaper from Johannesburg highlighting the terrible abuse against some infants – infants who are, literally, just thrown away. Read it here.

Hillary Clinton, Cape Town 8th August 2009:

"I have travelled literally all over the world and when people organise themselves and are given the tools and the training to really empower themselves and their future …. and communities, that's what's lasting."

Official figures, just out, show that sexual offences in South Africa have risen by 10% in the last year, and that one in four men admits to having forced a woman to have sex – read the story here.

Report of Lesley and Liz's visit to South Africa, August 2009

We have been turned down, yet again, for funding from Comic Relief. We hoped that they might give us some help to extend the programme for women and children but we will keep trying

Protecting children in crèches

Projects Update March 2009

The Long Term Neurological and Developmental Effects of Sexual Abuse on Infant Children - report

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Report of Lesley's visit to South Africa, April 2009

It happens in the UK too