{{President Jacob Zuma launched an anti-rape campaign in South Africa\u2019s schools on Thursday, saying it was a necessary step to tackle the \u201csickness\u201d of rampant sexual assaults.}}<\/p>\n
\u201cOver 64,000 cases of rape were reported to police last year,\u201d Zuma told a packed hall of pupils at a Cape Town high school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have come together to say these horrendous attacks must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Stop Rape campaign will be launched in schools countrywide on Friday.<\/p>\n
More than 10 million pupils are set to make a pledge against sexual violence.<\/p>\n
The campaign was sparked by the horrific rape and murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen earlier this month whose mutilation shocked the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe start of this campaign is necessary step that our country or nation has to undertake to rid this scourge, to cure our nation of the sickness,\u201d said Zuma.<\/p>\n
He also urged the youngsters to report assaults and not to abuse drugs which he said was linked to the high rate of sexual crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt that it was really important,\u201d said school goer Mekayla Piekaan, 17, saying violence in her community was often not reported.<\/p>\n
The campaign is in partnership with a private initiative Lead SA.<\/p>\n
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