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Culture of sexual abuse rife in SANDF

Rank and file: Sexual violence cases usually involve a perpetrator of a higher rank, the ministerial report into gender violence has found, but rape culture is found in all parts of the military. (Michele Spatari/AFP)
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Sex for jobs, payment to keep victims quiet, HIV and pregnancy after sex with superiors amid a culture that says, “Men have needs” or “Don’t ruin his career”. This is what being a woman in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) can be like. 

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