My Piece of Sky: Stories of Child Sexual Abuse

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  • Jennifer, 13, sits in a police car after being rescued during a night raid. Abducted in Durban, she had been brought to Johannesburg and forced into the sex trade. She said she had not been made to work yet, but alleged that the pimp and another man spiked her drink and raped her. PLACE: GermistanDATE: November 2004
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  • A young girl attempts to flee the examining room before a medical forensic examination. A 9-year-old relative who admitted to playing ‘sexual games’ with her was later discovered to have been abused himself. Both children were sent to counselling. The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children.PLACE: Johannesburg DATE: March 2003
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  • Tinka Labuschagne, a senior education specialist with the South African Ministry of Education comforts a 10yr old student. The previous day the girl disclosed to her teacher that her brother and two of his friends had been sexually abusing her since she was 6. She alleged that she had been raped, sodomised and forced to perform oral sex. She had severe problems with her eyes, a sore throat, vaginal discomfort, and was suspected to be suffering from gonorrhoea. PLACE: ThembisaDATE: January 2006
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  • A child's drawing at the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children. PLACE: JohannesburgDATE: April 2003
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  • Nomsa lies on the operating table where surgery was performed on her to removed her colostomy bag and rejoin her colon. This scar will be with her for the rest of her life. Dr Muller the paediatric surgeon said that Nomsa's sphincter muscle was damaged and he suspected she would be incontinent for the rest of her life. Pretoria Academic Hospital, July 2006.
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  • Sheldean Human’s classmate at her memorial. PLACE: PretoriaDATE: March 2007
  • Sheldean Human’s classmate at her memorial. PLACE: PretoriaDATE: March 2007
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  • During the investigations into Sheldean's disappearance, a suspect is arrested in a children's home in a nearby town. Identified as a paedophile who and molested young girls of a similar age and look to Sheldean, he was cleared in her disappearance but arrested for other incidents of sexual abusePLACE: SpringsDATE: February 2007
  • Protesters outside the court where Andrew Jordaan, charged with Sheldean Human’s murder, is scheduled to appear. PLACE: PretoriaDATE: March 2007
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  • Task team members prepare to raid an apartment where they suspect children are being forced into prostitution. PLACE: JohannesburgDATE: November 2004
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