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LEARNING YOUNG : A young girl attends the prayer service for the gang-rape video victim in Doornkop recreation centre in Soweto. Photo: Tsheko Kabasia

 Children must not watch people having sex in Generations on TV and think it is cool 

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Speaking at a prayer service for the 17-year-old mentally ill girl who was gang-raped by seven young men, Mokonyane said locally produced TV programmes should show images that do not corrupt the minds of the youth.

"Children must not watch people having sex in Generations (TV soapie) and think it is cool. We want to watch shows that will empower families," she said.

The service was held at Soweto's Doornkop sports ground at the weekend.

After the rape the boys circulated a video clip brazenly revealing their actions.

The video of the incident has been circulating and has been a major topic on social networks.

Mokonyane appealed to those who were in possession of a copy of the video to get rid of it.

"Please delete it from your phones if you have it," she pleaded.

"Young men, engaging in sexual intercourse with someone who does not want to, is not good. It's even worse if that person is vulnerable," Mokonyane said.

Condemning the parents of the suspects would not heal the hearts of the girl's family members, she said.

"No one is guilty so let us not condemn their families. Those boys' parents did not send them to do what they did."

She said attacks on women and children would be met with strong resistance.

"Not even animals do what happened to that young woman.

"We must all come together and fight this problem the same way we fought apartheid," she said.

Matshidiso Mfikoe, MMC for public safety in Johannesburg, said there would soon be more police officers on the streets to combat crime.

"From July we'll deploy more Metro Police in our wards to monitor and deal with those committing crime. It is sad that the boys who were supposed to have protected her, ended up violating her," Mfikoe said.

Veteran actor Patrick Shai called on male adults to be living, fatherly examples for teenage boys.

"As a father, I should be concerned with the company my son is keeping. I should be interested in his views of women. We must go back to reclaiming our children."

- The suspects appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrates' Court last Thursday. The case was postponed to Wednesday.

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Apr 23, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Mme Premeir I think you must not blame the TV Shows for this, all the programming has has has viewer discressionary advise like PG,16SL or 18SVL ect it is the parents responsibility to switch channels or guide their kids. Perhaps you should look at your dress sense because I noticed its affect on sexualy frustrated bloggers
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Apr 23, 2012

maneater

"Mokonyane said locally produced TV programmes should show images that do not corrupt the minds of the youth."

gogo Nomvula i hope you also going to refrain from wearing those gisgusting miniskirts of yours, not only are they disgusting but they corrupt the mind.
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Apr 23, 2012

tpaz

Premier start with your dress code- short skirts exposing huge thighs.
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Apr 23, 2012

Vhamsanda

Nomvula !! Do not start blaming third force. All children have parents or guardians whose duty is to mind the them. You do not want to baby sit us like Verwoed.
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Apr 23, 2012

MissBhakajuju

wrong Premier, this has nothing to do with TV & for the records thers no too much sex on Generations, the problem is with Bad Parenting, mainly Father figures, especially those from townships, they don't have a good teaching in Boy children, and their views about Woman is disgusting.
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Apr 23, 2012

tumzangwana

"Not even animals do what happened to that young woman."
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i completely agree but when it comes to sex scenes Generations is tame in comparison to the explicit sex that any youngster can access on their phones and computers very easily.
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Apr 23, 2012

Mrazane

When churches complained of the amount of se...x scenes and po...rn on TV it was said they are infringing on the rights of people to freely express themselves. eTV and channel 106 are the culprits as well as negligent parents. There needs to be tougher measures on the telecoms industry and the internet, adults stop leaving your dvds and magazines lying around. Everyone has a role to play blaming each other will not get us anywhere. The reality is our children are raped and abused by mostly other children and this is because of premature exposure to sex. Parents please speak to your children, take them to church you cannot outsource your responsibilities to government and the church these institutions are there to help but you have the responsibility to instil good moral values in your children. Bring back religious education in our schools you expect childrent to have a good moral campus and yet you have thrown God out of the system ayisebenzi kanjalo. Hosea 4 says that if we reject God he will also reject our children - sizo rhola kabuhlungu!!!
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Apr 23, 2012

svavava

true that, s$#x scenes must be minimal, ngeke, this is destroying the nation
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Apr 23, 2012

DeCock1

We need to see less of you in our tv sets premier....you are a waste....
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Apr 23, 2012

MissBhakajuju

maneater
gogo Nomvula i hope you also going to refrain from wearing those gisgusting miniskirts of yours, not only are they disgusting but they corrupt the mind.
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this is exactly what I mean. B.lack men are just rotten & thers no justification to it, look @ the white population, their woman wear whatever suits them & yet r.ape cases are few.

we need another Wouter Basson, to invent a medication to lower b.lack male's dirty minds.
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