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Per-Anders Pettersson
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"Sexual abuse of children in South Africa"  

"SUNSET IN STREET" UPINGTON, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 8: Children playing in the streets of Sultana Road as the sun sets on February 8, 2002 in Loisevale, Upington, South Africa. Loisevale is a poor and destitute colored/black township where unemployment is high, and a number of social problems including domestic violence and alcohol abuse. Baby Thsepang, an 8-month old baby was raped by her father in a house in Sultana road October 2001. The baby rape shocked the country, and South Africa is struggling with an increasing number of rapes and sexual abuse of young children. The country has the highest number of rapes in the world.
 
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