One in four South African men admit to being a rapist

June 19, 9:24 AMNorfolk Crime ExaminerDave Gibson

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Cries of South African women fall on deaf ears

 

A recent study conducted by the Medical Research Council resulted in some shocking discoveries. All men who were interviewed answered by way of electronic device, to keep the results anonymous.

The study produced the following results:

-One fourth of the men admitted to having raped someone, and half of them claimed to have raped more than one victim

-Three out of four who admitted to committing rape, had attacked for the first time during their teens. In fact, 73 percent said they had committed their first rape before age 20.

-Gang rapes are common because for a large portion of South African males they are actually considered to be a form of male bonding.

-One in 20 who participated in the study, admitted to having raped a woman or a child within the last year.

-The study found that one in 10 men said they had been raped by other men.

The Medical Research Council spoke to 1,738 men in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.

Professor Rachel Jewkes who directed the study for the MRC said: "We know that we have a higher prevalence of rape in South Africa than there is in other countries.”

This data represents the first definitive statistics on violent crime in that country in several years, as the government of South Africa has been notorious for hiding the out-of-control violence and sky-rocketing incidents of rape which have overtaken that nation since the end of Apartheid.

In 1994, the first time that all blacks were allowed to vote and the African National Congress took 62 percent of the vote, sending Nelson Mandela to the presidential palace, the number of reported child rapes in South Africa was a little over 7,000. By 2000, that number had tripled.

A report released this week from the advocacy group Solidarity Helping Hand concluded that there were about 60 cases of child rape in South Africa every day, while more than 88% of child rapes were never reported.

The group‘s spokeswoman Mariana Kriel told reporters: "This means that about 530 child rapes take place every day - one rape every three minutes“.

According to Kriel, the report shows that overall child abuse in South Africa is rising at an incredible rate.

Kriel went on to describe the report: "Several interviews with social workers and other employees of social welfare organizations across South Africa are included in the report, providing a unique look at the experiences of people who work with child abuse on a daily basis."

Executive director of Solidarity Helping Hand, Danie Langner, said: ""In 2007/08, 1,410 cases of child murder were reported - 22% more than in the previous year. In addition, it was found that 45% of all rapes in the country were child rapes.

Rape seems to have become the new pastime for South African men, including for those who are rich and powerful.

In 2005, South African politician Jacob Zuma was charged with rape. His alleged victim was the daughter of a close friend, as well as a well-known AIDS activist. In 2006, the Johannesburg High Court dismissed the charges against him, claiming the sex to be consensual. However, many believe Zuma bought his way out of trouble, by promising political favors down the road.

On May 9, 2009 accused rapist Jacob Zuma became president of South Africa.

In 2001, former Republic of South Africa military intelligence officer Koos Ven der Merwe told WorldNetDaily: "This story has been largely ignored by the mainstream media in the United States and the Western world, in order to perpetuate the Mandela myth of the wonderful New South Africa.”

*Reporter’s note: Though it is rarely discussed by the mainstream media, many African men believe that having sex with a virgin is a cure for AIDS, a disease which is ravaging the African continent. This is one reason why child rape has reached epidemic proportions, not only in South Africa, but throughout all of Africa.

Much of the world, including the United States condemned and brought economic sanctions against South Africa while their policy of Apartheid was in place. However, these same nations have remained silent while South Africa has descended into chaos and barbarism.

As an example of the blind eye now being turned towards South Africa’s women and children, the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament was awarded to South Africa…The players had better leave their wives and children at home.

I can remember Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush expressing outrage over the segregationist policies in South Africa, but where is the outrage from President Obama as innocent women and children fall victim to rape at levels never before seen in modern times?

For decades, the West operated under the belief that the internal affairs of South Africa was their business. Now, when a child is being raped in that country at the rate of one every three minutes…Why have they now abandoned that belief?