Thousands of South African men, horrified by a surge in the rape of baby girls, joined women and children in a protest march in Cape Town today.
The rapes of infant girls have been linked to the myth that sex with a virgin could cure AIDS.
South Africa was still reeling from the alleged rape of a nine-month-old girl by six men earlier this month, when it was shocked by reports this weekend of the rape of another eight-month-old baby.
The eight-month-old baby was attacked on Friday night after she was allegedly abducted from her parent's home. She was found lying by the roadside by a passer-by who then took her to the police.
Today's march was to launch the start of a campaign backed by the government to raise awareness on women and child abuse. South Africa has one of the highest incidents of rape in the world. Some 21,000 cases of child rape were reported to police in the past year in South Africa.
About 3,000 men marched through a Cape Town suburb to join another estimated 1,000 women at a rally.