Selling South Africa's Innocence

The posts I have published so far all contain video's produced by international organisations. Today I want to focus locally and challenge fellow South Africans.

The video below is a local production addressing modern day slavery within South Africa.

A MESSAGE TO FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS:

I am extremely proud to be South African and love living in Durban. I want the best for my country and there are many South African men and woman who want the same and are doing great work in fighting injustice in our land. I believe that we can all play a part in this fight. I encourage you to find out how you can play a part in fighting injustice in South Africa, not only in the area of sexual exploitation but in what ever area may be closest to your heart.

It is easy to speak negatively about SA and complain about our government but if we want change it is going to have to start with us. Instead of asking the government what they are going to do, I believe we should first ask ourselves what we can do...

The Sex Trade: Children: Valuable and Vulnerable

Comercial sexual explotation is a fundemental violation of children's rights. The primary factors of commercial sexual exploitation of children are prostitution, pornography, trafficking and sex tourism.

Below is a clip of the history of Love146. Love146 is an NGO combatting the sexual explotation of children by focusing on the prevention, aftercare of victims and research.

I hope you are moved as much as I was by watching this clip and gain a deeper insight of what is going on within the global sex trade.

www.love146.org

Jacob Story. From trafficker to rescuer.

Jacobs Story is a mini-documentry about a man who once made his living by trafficking woman and children for the purpose of commercial sex

Jacob worked as a trafficker for a crime syndicate in JHB. In this film, he speaks openly about his work as a brothel manager and he explains how syndicates all over the world operate as they exploit the weak and powerless.

The greatest part of this story is the transformation that took place in Jacob's life from trafficker to rescuer.

This film was produced by Unearthed Pictures.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROZW98nu_4

Boom Boom, Yum Yum. 9 yr old prositutes. 15 yr old pimps.

Many children around the world are stripped of the innocence that we would normally find so adorable. There is an ever increasing need for young children in the sex industry as men around the world carry on fueling a demand for innocent, 'untouched' boys and girls,

In this shocking footage we see how  children are used not only as prostitues but as pimps as well. A 15 year old boy takes a potential client through an alley to introduce him to the girls that are being sold.

 

The highest rate of child prostitution is found in Thialand but it is a global pandemic and occuring closer then you may think. This article published in the Daily News sheds some light on child prostitution in Durban. 

 

http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/child-prostitution-is-rife-in-durban-1.1378762#.UJpHLcXMhN8.