See What This City Did To Their Female Virgins

The cities of Uthukela have put a price in
form of scholarship for their female
children who have not lost their virginity
and ready to keep it.
The bursary was put in place in an attempt
to curb the very high rate of teenage
pregnancies, and a lot of young people
getting infected with HIV and AIDS because
up to half of their population between the
ages of 15 and 49 in the district is infected
with HIV and AIDS.
The authorities of Uthukela said :
“To find young girls that are able to abstain
— for us that is an encouragement and we
saw it fit that we encourage them by giving
bursaries,” said Mazibuko.
She said the idea was mooted by the
“maidens” themselves, who complain of not
getting recognised while their peers who fall
pregnant get rewarded by the government
with child support grants.
One of beneficiaries, Bongiwe Sithole, 32,
who might have dropped out of university
due to poverty, but now will continue her
studies
“There is no limit for us as maidens,we are
going to get the bursary whether we pass
with distinction or not”.
“With your body, with your virginity, we get
the bursary.”
Gender and women’s rights activists strongly
oppose the scholarship scheme saying:
“There is no qualitative and quantitative
research that has actually proven that by
inspecting girls, you are going to reduce
HIV/AIDS,”