- A child is raped in South Africa every three minutes, but almost nine out of 10 cases of child rape are never reported
- Rape is the least likely violent crime to be reported, and victims cite fear of reprisal as the commonest reason for not telling anyone
- A girl born in South Africa has around a one in three chance of completing secondary school, but she has a one in two chance of being raped
- Around one third of rape victims are raped by a close relation
- South Africa is the rape capital in the world, with a woman eight times more likely to be raped than in the UK. It is also one of the world's most violent societies, with a murder rate 35 times higher than the UK
- The South African Department of Justice estimate that one in four women suffer domestic violence
- Around 200,000 children a year are raped in South Africa
- Of the cases of sexual abuse Port Elizabeth Childline dealt with in 2009, over 80% involved children under 14
- Less than 1% of rapes end in a successful prosecution
- A Medical Research Council survey in 2009 found that in South Africa one in four men say they have raped at least once, with half of those admitting to multiple attacks
- Around 40% of rape victims in South Africa are children
- A survey of over a quarter of a million schoolchildren found that 62% of South African schoolboys believe forcing sex on someone is not an act of violence, and one third of male learners believe girls enjoy rape.
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