Heather Van Niekerk

Sibongile* was seven years old when her aunt’s husband first sexually abused her. She tried to escape from the repeated abuse and sought help from a neighbour, who was a pastor. To her horror he, in turn, raped her. Another neighbour, however, helped her to go to the police. Sibongile’s case is one of a minority that have reached the courts in Swaziland.