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Domestic abuse of women all ages and race is found to be the most common abuse in South Africa. During Apartheid, white South African women had laws put in place by the government to protect them from domestic abuse, but few women reported these cases due to fear of their husbands and their socio-economic status in society as depends. Although domestic abuse was recognized among white elites, this problem has also been prevalent in all societies among Indian-Africans, Black Africans and Colored. Domestic violence is an issue that has worsened over time in South African. Domestic abuse includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse of women by spouse or a person whom a woman in a relationship with. Prevention of Family Violence Act in 1993 was the first constitutional law to address issues of domestic abuse nationally, but lack of enforcement has led to domestic violence escalating even more. Despite of race, the South African government first attempted to educate South African citizens on the dangers of domestic violence was under the Prevention of Family Violence Act of 1993(PFVA), but unfortunately, PFVA did not have an effective impact on the issue. At the time PFVA was implemented, the South African government was also transitioning from Apartheid regime to a democratic government, thus those who were oppressed during apartheid were not responsive to PFVA regardless of increasing domestic abuse in society. Domestic Violence Act was later introduced in 1996, but the number of domestic abuses skyrocketed after the ANC came in office. Between 1994 and 1996, the South African government recruited more black African polices in order to balance out eh inequalities of apartheid. African authorities believe that domestic abuses are bet...

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...he South African youth is currently facing in urban areas. Unfortunately, the government is not providing solutions to deal with poverty; therefore rape is becoming a recreational activity that men of all ages are taking part of. Rapists are seeking out increasingly younger victims, so even the little girls now are getting HIV virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) from rapists . One of the myths in South Africa is that sleeping with a virgin cures AIDS, thus young girls are falling victims of rape from men who are denying accepting their HIV status and western medicine. HIV/AIDS is skyrocketing among lesbian women because of they are targeted due to their sexuality and in most cases these women have to endure sex from multiple people. Unfortunately corrective rape has contributed to the increase of HIV/AIDS because perpetrators of rape seldom use condoms.

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