Mariella Furrer Photography

Feature Stories: Child Sexual Abuse

A 10yr old girl gets a hug after talking to Tinka Labuschagne, who works with the Ministry of Education. Tinka was called in by the school after the young girl disclosed to a teacher the previous day that her brother and two of his friends had been sexually abusing her since she was 6yrs old. In this period of time she had been raped, sodomised and forced to perform oral sex on the boys. She had severe problems with her eyes, a sore throat and discomfort in her private parts. It is suspected that she was suffering from gonorrhea. Thembisa – January 2006
A 10yr old girl gets a hug after talking to Tinka Labuschagne, who works with the Ministry of Education. Tinka was called in by the school after the young girl disclosed to a teacher the previous day that her brother and two of his friends had been sexually abusing her since she was 6yrs old. In this period of time she had been raped, sodomised and forced to perform oral sex on the boys. She had severe problems with her eyes, a sore throat and discomfort in her private parts. It is suspected that she was suffering from gonorrhea. Thembisa – January 2006