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South Africa: One child raped every 24 minutes

July 6th, 2007 · Post your comment (No Comments)

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Johannesburg - A child is raped every 24 minutes and every eight minutes one is molested in South Africa, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.

Forty percent of rapes reported were of children, said deputy general secretary Dirk Hermann ahead of a conference on Thursday to discuss crimes against children.

“According to a report that will be discussed at the conference, more than three children are murdered every day in South Africa.”

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