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BBC News - Wednesday, 9 October, 2002
With 30% of South Africans believing that having sex with a virgin is a cure for AIDS - an unacceptably large number of children are at risk.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of child rape in the world.
In what may seem to be a state of denial, the South African Broadcasting Corporation refuses to screen the film.
In this powerful and disturbing report - Allan Little argues that AIDS is now so widespread that it is unhinging the country's moral code.
AIDS: A South African horror story: Tuesday 15 October 2002 on BBC Two at 2320 BST
Reporter: Alan Little
Editor: Karen O'Connor
Deputy Editor: David Belton
Online Producer: Andrew Jeffrey
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