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BBC: 38,000 Child Prostitutes in South Africa

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Original Post Date: 2004-03-04  Posted By: Jan

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 3/4/2004 4:54:05 AM
BBC: 38,000 Child Prostitutes in South Africa

Children in South Africa have been speaking out about human rights violations, including child prostitution.

A non-governmental organisation based in Cape Town called Molo Songololo organised the event to highlight the plight of thousands of victims of child abuse in South Africa and other parts of the world.

According to a 2000 report by the NGO there were estimated to be around 38,000 child prostitutes in South Africa. Some of them are known to have been abducted at shopping malls.

One victim, Chantal, told how, after running away from a reformatory eight years ago at the age of 13, she fell into the clutches of a gang leader a little over a year later.

She described forced tattooing, a knife attack by a client and finally her escape.

Two other girls and I decided to run away from the reform school.

…Every night the other two girls went to the road. At that time I didn’t know what prostitution is. They did the work every night.

He got up during the night and wanted to have sex with me – I screamed

Then I saw Zunaid. We had to walk past him in the evenings. He used to chase me and I would wonder who this man is. I was a little scared of him. I didn’t respond to him.

One Friday night, we were sitting at the corner and he and two other girls approached us.

He asked if we didn’t want to go with them… I said I wasn’t going with him because I don’t know him…

I shared a bed with two of the girls that night and he got up during the night and wanted to pull me out of bed because he wanted to have sex with me. I screamed and told him that I did not want to have sex with him because I did not know him.

The following morning l wanted to go but he stopped me and said that I would get into trouble, on my own. The girls who were with me fetched the police.

He told the policemen l had run away from a reform school. I had no choice but to stay with him after that…

Then [the girls] taught me how to do business. After some time they ran away and I was left alone with Zunaid and I told him I wanted to leave. Then he said I couldn’t leave because I am the only person who can help him get other girls.

I went to the road with him every night until I managed to get two or three girls to work with me. We didn’t rob the men at that time. We had to do proper business with the men.

Then we started robbing the men. We stole guns and stuff like that…

‘A danger to us’

One evening while we were sitting in the room I decided that I would refuse to be tattooed.

He took out his knife and managed to stab me and cut me across my finger

The other girl decided she is going to tattoo “Zunaid” on her fingers. She insisted that I do the same, but I still refused… I was the only one that did not have his name tattooed on my fingers.

One day while we were sitting outside we looked at each other’s hands, I closed mine. They asked me why I closed my hands, I said: “Because I don’t have Zunaid’s name tattooed on my fingers”.

Then they said “then you are not one of the girls, you are a danger to us.” Because of that I allowed one of the girls to tattoo my hands.

Knife ordeal

I took [a client] into the room. I undressed myself…

I am glad that I am out of that house

I went and laid on the bed, and started to fondle him.

I then took money from his wallet and emptied his pockets. I only left 10 rand ($1.50) in the wallet. As I was taking the last 200 rand, he heard me and jumped up and went for his pants and I grabbed his pants from him.

Then he just wanted to leave. The men are not allowed to leave, unless the girl says they can leave…

He took out his knife and managed to stab me and cut me across my finger… I called out to Zunaid that the man had stabbed me…

Afterwards Zunaid came, and pointed a gun at the man. Then, Zunaid asked what happened. I told him that the man stabbed me. Zunaid then said that this man must pay for what he did to my hand.

Escape

Last year I discovered that I was pregnant again from him. The girls said you are still going to become his wife. I did not respond.

Then one Friday I was angry and I decided to run away.

I decided to ask Zunaid to buy a hairdryer and a blow-dry brush… He gave me money and asked who is going with me. I said that Geraldine is.

In my mind I was thinking, you think you are involved with a stupid person, you are sending the most stupid person with me.

We got into a taxi on our way to Shoprite, as we got out of the taxi she suggested that we go and say hello to our children.

I said no, you go ahead, I will follow. When I got to the corner I managed to get into the taxi. I went to Wynberg and hiked a lift home.

I am glad I am out of that house.

Source: BBC
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/35299…br>