Sonke’s Bafana Khumalo called Redi Tlhabi of Radio 702 to comment on the story of a 13-year-old girl who was illegally married to a 57-year-old sangoma. Bafana says he is seething with anger listening to the story, and that it is so upsetting because it is not an isolated incident.
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