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One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone and nearly half admitted having attacked more than one victim.

The study, by the country’s Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape attacked for the first time while in their teens.

The MRC spoke to 1,738 men in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.

The research was conducted in both rural and urban areas and included all racial groups.

Using an electronic device to keep the results anonymous, the study found that 73% of respondents said they had carried out their first assault before the age of 20.

Almost half who said they had carried out a rape admitted they had done so more than once.

From the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm

As an aside, it’s worth noting that about 70% of all the people who have ever tried to rip me off were Afrikaans.

No, if I ever go to the south of Africa, I shall not pass Botswana.

Tomorrow is “La Vieja”, a local holiday where schoolchildren are given the day off to go into the fields and throw stones at figures of old ladies (la vieja) until they burst and scatter sweets across the ground.

Its a holiday that is only really celebrated in Turre, Mojacar, Los Gallardos, Bedar, Vera, Garrucha, Antas and Cuevas. It’s always the third Thursday in March.

Rumour has it that it celebrates the crucifiction and stoning of witches by the Inquisition during the 15/16th century in this area, during which quite a few elderly ladies were killed by the Catholic Church, accused of witchcraft and heresy.

This year it coincides with “fathers day” in Spain, which it does every 22 year due to the way the calendar falls.