Angry maidens took to the streets of Ladysmith, KZN, South Africa on Friday, February 5, 2016, in support of the controversial virginity bursary. They have vowed to continue supporting the Uthukela mayor, Dudu Mazibukomayor who introduced the bursary scheme.



"If the government can give young, unemployed mothers child support grants, why shouldn’t the mayor help virgins for preserving their culture?" they asked.

Many groups have criticised the mayor. Higher education and social development departments have called on the mayor to cancel the bursary scheme for maidens. The Gender for Equality Commission said the awards encourage inequalities and must be stopped immediately.

People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) has slammed an alleged bursary programme that funds studies for young women, but only if they can prove they’re virgins.

The Maidens Bursary was created by the KwaZulu-Natal municipality to fund higher education for young women. It’s been reported that 16 young South African women are the beneficiaries of the scholarship, which funds their higher education. It’s believed the girls are regularly examined, allegedly to ascertain if they’re still virgins.

Powa’s Palesa Mpapa said, "The fact that we are align it to the right to education is not making sense. It’s also discriminating in that within the girls being lured into bursaries on the basis of virginity and what are we saying about boys."

Mpapa added that the practice of virginity testing is unconstitutional.

"If anyone wants to keep their virginity, it’s their right to do it in their individual capacity. It’s a personal issue, which is not supposed to be done in public and it’s also not good that the agencies are using it in order for the girls to get bursaries."

The UThukela District Municipality says it created the so called “virgin bursaries” to deter young women from getting involved with older men. Mayor Dudu Mazibuko says the program is meant to encourage young girls to abstain from sex and focus of education.

"There was a study by the health department that "found that" young girls are more vulnerable than boys. There is no pressure at all, in fact this is an incentive because we are talking girls that have taken the decision to keep their virginity. Young girls are more vulnerable, they are the ones that fall in love with sugar daddies, get diseases and fall pregnant and then their lives are messed up."

Dudu Zwane, 50 a virginity tester and leader of Izimbali zoThukela where virgins are registered, said the maidens and parents are calling on groups to leave the mayor alone.

She said they were disturbed that government was criticising the awards while it was spending billions on child support grants. She said they expected government to support the awards because it was part of the campaign to fight HIV/Aids.

"We encourage abstinence but there are people telling our kids they have rights to sleep with men," said Dudu.

The mayor said she was not part of the march and told the SunTeam to speak to the maidens’ matrons.

A 32-year-old virgin and recipient of the award, Bongiwe Sithole said she came from the Free State University to march. She said if it wasn’t for the awards, she would still be at home because her dad didn’t have money to send her to university.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/photo-angry-virgins-protests-topless-in.html

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Lasisi !, sorry, end time

Olorun i no read much of d post,i was rushing to see topless shenkez

Khd95:
Olorun i no read much of d post,i was rushing to see topless shenkez

me too.

I no read am finish

I jus rush make i see them pishure


Before my gadget went off.

Khd95:
Olorun i no read much of d post,i was rushing to see topless shenkez

LOL!
Trust me, everybody is guilty of this.

It will encourage them to keep themselves.

Hmmmm

They are already disvirgined with so many eyes

Leave d mayor alone, am in support of d virgins biko.

Khd95:
Olorun i no read much of d post,i was rushing to see topless shenkez

Guy me too, I just rush go to the pix, zooms it I was disappointed I was expecting to see Cossy kinda mangos, Smh, spits on post, and bounces off.

hopeforcharles:

Guy me too, I just rush go to the pix, zooms it I was disappointed I was expecting to see Cossy kinda mangos, Smh, spits on post, and bounces off.

bart gee

Na wa oO

VIRGIN BUSARY.......................COME 2019.........................dem sick politicians fit use am campaign.

AFTER ALL, DEM DON USE N5,000 CAMPAIGN FINISH TO BE SHARED TO ALL IF DEM WIN. NOW THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NO MONEY.



But PLEASE, Kindly keep your VIRGINITY till 2019. Perhaps na D dem go pay una.

I mean D for DOLLARS.

hopeforcharles:

Guy me too, I just rush go to the pix, zooms it I was disappointed I was expecting to see Cossy kinda mangos, Smh, spits on post, and bounces off.

In fact, to say I was disappointed is putting it mildly. The OP is supposed to be banned for creating a topic with false headlines because me I no see anything, shin-shin breast I no see. Mumu OP, just raised my hope for nothing.

Zoom that picture.

mbhs139:


In fact, to say I was disappointed is putting it mildly. The OP is supposed to be banned for creating a topic with false headlines because me I no see anything, shin-shin breast I no see. Mumu OP, just raised my hope for nothing.

Lol, the post ehh, hmm

Omo, am not surprise

Am sure some nairalander can disvirgins them with their mind and imagination...

y dey go be topless on top bursary, make then cum try am for naija.... (i wont say wetin go happen)


Check www.adeatom..com

When they say Africans no get sence, when they say Africans need to be recolonised , una go dey form vex .

This virgin bursery of a think is totally wack!

What about those that were raped, from poor homes and still want to go to school, don't they get anything?

This is just stigmatization and should be stopped, rather they should be rewarding heroic acts, people friendly activities than something though good if practiced doesn't guarantee a good life.

With all these boobies wey don fall finish? Southie don scam us.

Poor quality breasts.

Lordave:
What's the honour of being a virgin while you're HIV positive?

Then it means they got infected in others ways, other than sex.

I think you're smarter than that. Besides, this HIV talk is getting old now. No one is immune to it.

is there any virgin in S.A sha?...just asking!

Odiegwu!!! This south Africa and it's topless fetish...

Konji no dey for South Africa? They need Nigerian merchants to arrange with d merchineries and be merchandised

SAfricans getting topless on every little thing