Child Prostitution in South Africa - children as young as 8

[Kofi]

South Africa is the most advanced or the most developed country in Africa but there are some things South Africa falls short of. Go to south Africa and you will find little children as young as 8 years roaming on the streets looking for predators. Most of these children are school dropouts who do prostitution for a living. This problem exist in almost all the African countries but it is very common in South Africa which is very sad. What do you think?

[DaughterUK]

I think that the African government has a moral obligation to do something to protect these poor children and get them off the streets, their childhood and their innocense is being cruelly stolen from them by the pedophiles that prey on them. I think that the sickos who are using child prostitutes ought to be given long jail sentences. I cannot understand any country having a problem of this magnitude but ignoring the problem. If this happened anywhere in Europe there would be a public outcry. What's gone so horribly wrong that nothing is being done?

[Buah]

I grew up in South Africa and what you are saying is very true. You see children roaming about on the streets for nothing. Some of the boys join gang groups and robbers and most of them end up in jail. What I have noticed these days is that some people come especially from America and from Europe just to use these innocent children free of charge. what a pity!

[pasturel123]

Kofi can I ask you about the prevalence of female genital mutilation in this south Africa region? I know a lot of countries if Africa do this but education and
governments action to ban this is making a difference.

[Marco]

For this problem is needed a strong stance by the government, like DaughterUK said. I think that there is no other way to stop this sad situation.
The aim is to understand what kind of actions can be actuated by the goverment: information, agreements by states, practical help for those children, repression or all this things together ?
Children's life is too important for our future for ignoring the problem, in South Africa as in all the other states.

Marco