SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


Prelude For A Paedophile (3 June)

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Special Assignment on 03 Jun 2008
Favourite this post


On Special Assignment this Tuesday:

Episode Title: Prelude For A Paedophile
Date: Tuesday, 3 June, 2008
Time: 21h30
Channel: SABC 3

special_assignment_large

Last week was Child Protection week but in South Africa the term child protection has become a tragic contradiction in terms, particularly with regard to sexual abuse.

According to Childline one in four girls and one in five boys under the age of 16 have been sexually assaulted. This is inevitably a conservative estimate given the horrifyingly low rate of reports.

The recent passing of the Amended Sexual Offences Act has succeeded in broadening the definition of rape to include penetration of any orifice, male or female. Previously, rape of males was regarded as indecent assault and carried a much lighter sentence but the reality is that everyday on the streets of Cape Town, young boys are being raped and underage survivors rarely speak out. They are silenced by shame and disbelieving adults.

The injustice is compounded when the victims are boys who live on the streets and the perpetrators are men who are educated, ostensibly respected members of society.

This week Special Assignment exposes a sexual predator allegedly with a predilection for underage street boys. His strategy allegedly is to drive through areas where the homeless boys congregate to lure them with promises of food, clothing or cash.

Often he solicits the assistance of older male prostitutes to recruit the youngsters, allegedly taking them to his home to ply them with drugs while showing them pornography before sexually abusing them.

Alternatively he allegedly cruises the streets of Cape Town, picks them up and drives them to remote areas, abuses them and then unceremoniously dumps them - most of them between the ages of eleven and fifteen.

In the past two years at least seven boys have come forward. They have made statements to the police, the details of which have been verified by security companies operating in Cape Town’s CBD. Yet for two years, little has been done to apprehend the alleged offender, possibly because police resources are increasingly limited; more disturbingly, because they are reluctant to charge an adult of stature whose accusers are children of the streets.

With the assistance of committed children’s rights activists, Special Assignment has searched for and found the children, persuading them to speak openly about the trauma of being raped.

Prelude For A Paedophile is written and produced by Hazel Friedman.

-----



Comments


Only TVSA members can reply to this thread. Click here to login or register.






LATEST ARTICLES

New on TV today: Friday 11 July 2025

Disney+ documents Jaws @ 50 and Discovery finds out how to go Faster with Finnegan.


Generations: The Legacy Teasers - August 2025

Tau and Nkaba's paths cross - and it's not a happy reunion.


Cacau Teasers - August 2025

Justino decides to authorise the publication of Cacau's abduction in the press.


New on TV today: Thursday 10 July 2025

London crime drama MobLand debuts on M-Net and BBC Earth uncovers the Wonders of Volcanoes.


Rugby player Ruan Smith up for grabs in Op My Eish! 4

Old and busted: actors and singers. New hottness: sportsmen. If you fancy some sporty spice, get in the casting queue.


New on TV today: Wednesday 9 July 2025

Phones and cameras get you Caught! on ID, as Netflix begins Building the Band with the late Liam Payne.


New on TV today: Tuesday 8 July 2025

Mzansi Magic invites you to Lose It or Lose Me and Netflix documents The Real Project X.


On Carte Blanche: drug dealer doctors and pharmacists thrive in Benoni

D.I.S.G.U.S.T.I.N.G They're peddling high risk, addictive medication illegally and no-one's stopping them.


New! 016 FM Teasers - July 2025

DJ wars erupt and shady business lurks. Mpho Sebeng goes ON AIR in his final role.


New on TV today: Monday 7 July 2025

Drama series 016 FM begins on Mzansi Magic and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares returns to BBC Lifestyle.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS





×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.