Dark knees, firm breasts, an intact hymen — inconclusive but satisfactory ways of speculating about a girl’s virginity. Virginity testing is, for the most part, a well-intentioned attempt to promote abstinence and abate the spread of the HIV/Aids pandemic. But reviving an age-old cultural practice to promote abstinence will do more harm than good for women’s sexuality.
Have South Africa’s learners of today heard of Steve Biko or the Soweto uprising? Thanks to the Apartheid Museum, their legacies are living on through an exciting new comic book, Timeliners. Drawn by disadvantaged artists from Cape Town, the comic book will now be handed to each learner entering the Apartheid museum.