. Children are afraid to speak up as they are intimidated. Children cannot perform at school because of what is happening at home, fear of returning home. . Children sexually abusing children are not uncommon. . The gendered discourse around girls and their appearance and what girls wear was discussed at length. Girls and boys had varied opinions on the matter but what emerged strongly was the power dynamics between sexes and the low self esteem of teenagers. . It was indicated that children attending parties and taverns who then abuse alcohol were more likely to be sexually assaulted because of impaired reasoning. . Sexual abuse can lead to depression even suicide. Perpetrators often threaten the victims with physical harm or threaten to kill if abuse is disclosed. As a result, children run away and go missing often because of being sexually abused and fearful of the perpetrator or being ridiculed because of the abuse. . Social networking serves as platform for images of sexual abuse to be circulated. The lack of monitoring in this regard is a problem as parents and caregivers are often unaware of what children post as pictures/videos via chat platforms. . Some parents in the context of poverty allow children to be abused sexually e.g. sent to the mines as young as age 8 or 9 years, mine workers sexually abuse children in exchange for money. . No confidentiality with teachers when children disclose. Teachers discuss issues with staff so everyone knows. . There is a lack of trust in the criminal justice system as children noted that perpetrators often return to the community and intimidate the victim. Children, teachers and NGOs identified problems with bail, missing dockets for cases and the on-going abuse by perpetrators once released back into the community.