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

"DRUNK MAN SLEEPING" UPINGTON, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 9: A drunk man has passed out on the ground, while his family is sitting next to him in a illegal bar on February 9, 2002 in Loisevale near 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 on this street in October 2001. The baby rape shocked the country, and it 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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