Perceptions of different subsets of African men and African men and African traditional healers in the Durban Metropolitan area that sexual intercourse with young girl can cure HIV/AIDS

Abstract

There has been an increase in child/girl rape in South Africa, Statistics of child rape have shown that a child was being raped every 25 minutes in South Africa (Child Protection Unit, S.AP.S., 1999). The numbers of child rapes has increased from 12% in 1998 to 19,94% in 2001 (Taylor, 2002). Reports indicated that in some instances, child rape was being carried out as a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (Kufwa, 1998).