South Africa teacher finds gang rape 'hilarious'

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BBC:

The failure of a South African school to respond to an alleged gang-rape of a pupil on school grounds has angered rights groups and ministers.

The alleged attack, during school hours last Thursday, was reportedly filmed by three teenage boys on their phones.

The Commission for Gender Equality said the school was more worried about upsetting the boys during exams than the rights of the alleged victim.

Earlier, the children's minister said she was shocked by the inaction.

"The Children's Act requires all people in positions of authority who suspect that child abuse may be taking place to report such incidents, and this includes teachers," the South African Press Association quotes Lulu Xingwana, minister for women, children and persons with disabilities, as saying.

South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world.

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"The three boys were not arrested as they alleged that they did not want to traumatise the school during the exams," CGE spokesman Javu Baloyi said in a statement.

He said the clip of the rape was shown to teachers, who reportedly found it "hilarious".

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South Africa has become one of the most corrupt societies in the world and it appears that moral bankruptcy has infected many in positions of authority. The reaction of the teacher suggest why rape has become so prevalent in the South African culture.
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