Source: http://www.chicamod.com/2016/01/29/maidens-bursary-award-south-africas-controversial-scholarship-for-virgins/

Soon 18-year-old Thubelihle will leave her home in rural KwaZulu-Natal to head by bus to attend university in Pretoria.

Thube, as her friends call her, says her family could not afford college, but help came in the form of a government scholarship offered by the local uThukela municipality, one of 11 districts in KwaZulu-Natal province.

The main requirement — Thube must remain a virgin.

“We are keeping away from boys because we want to achieve our goals,” says Thube.

“I don’t have children. I am 18 years old, I must study hard to change and conquer the world.”

To qualify for the so-called “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” Thube will need to undergo virginity testing every vacation. A female elder in the community will determine if she has remained a “maiden” by conducting a manual inspection, usually on a grass mat.


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JANUARY 29, 201623 HOURS AGO COLUMN 2
“Maiden’s Bursary Award”: South Africa’s Controversial Scholarship for Virgins
By Sasha-Lee Marivel
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Soon 18-year-old Thubelihle will leave her home in rural KwaZulu-Natal to head by bus to attend university in Pretoria.

Thube, as her friends call her, says her family could not afford college, but help came in the form of a government scholarship offered by the local uThukela municipality, one of 11 districts in KwaZulu-Natal province.

The main requirement — Thube must remain a virgin.

“We are keeping away from boys because we want to achieve our goals,” says Thube.

“I don’t have children. I am 18 years old, I must study hard to change and conquer the world.”

To qualify for the so-called “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” Thube will need to undergo virginity testing every vacation. A female elder in the community will determine if she has remained a “maiden” by conducting a manual inspection, usually on a grass mat.

“You only have one chance to be a maiden,” says Thube.

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South African mayor is defending herself after her “scholarship for virgins” caused an international backlash. Mayor Dudu Mazibuko of uThukela municipality, one of eleven districts in the KwaZulu-Natal province, has been thrust into the spotlight for the controversial scholarship.

16 young women have so far received the “Maiden’s Bursary Award.” Recipients of the scholarship become eligible upon producing a certificate of virginity. The certificate is attained through controversial virgin testing which is conducted by a female elder in the community and typically performed on a grass mat. Following holiday breaks, the young women must undergo a retest and present newly signed documents indicating continued virginity or have their scholarship revoked.

An online petition has garnered over eight hundred signatures. “Student groups across the country have been calling out for free, quality education for all. Yet right now, women are being forced to give up control of their bodies to access higher education,” the petition reads. “Virginity testing is an invasive, flawed, traumatising and sexist practice that has no bearing on whether or not women should be granted bursaries.”

The petiton is referring to the #FeesMustFall student protests that rocked South Africa this past October in response to a propose 10.5 percent. The movement quickly spread to other universities throughout the nation with students calling for not only a rollback of the fee increases but for an end to what many perceived to be the continuation of white supremacy within the country’s institutions.

Twitter has also lit up with bewilderment at the scholarship."

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