Grade 10 text book outrage

27 July 2016 - 10:09
By POPPY LOUW

A Grade 10 textbook is under fire for, its critics say, promoting the justification of rape, and the blaming and shaming of rape victims.The Department of Basic Education has told the publisher of the Focus Life Orientation Grade 10 Learner's Book to amend or remove a question about how a girl's behaviour led to her rape.

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