No More ‘Maiden Bursaries’
Wednesday 26 October, 2016 - 12:18
Uthukela municipality will no longer be offering university bursaries to virgins.
It has accepted the recommendations of the Commission for Gender Equality, which investigated the awarding of "maiden bursaries" to 16 girls by the municipality.
The commission's CEO, Keketso Maema, told parliament yesterday that the investigation found that "the issuance of a bursary contingent on female students' virginity is fundamentally discriminatory".