Sex video shame led girl to kill herself

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Christina Fokona, 19, overdosed on her mother's medication for high blood pressure.


Her crime? Having sex with two boys. The act on the school grounds was captured on video, which went viral in 2010. She was 15 at the time.

Christina's two sex partners, then aged 14 and 16, were initially charged with rape. Then she admitted that the sex was consensual.

All three were charged with "consensual sexual penetration" under the 2007 Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, which made consensual sexual acts between children aged 12 and 15 a crime. The charges were later dropped after the teenagers joined a diversion programme.

But for Christina, who has been named for the first time as the girl in the video, the trauma of the incident and the criminal case was too much to bear.

The story of her shame and guilt formed part of a submission this week by the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children to parliament's portfolio committee on justice and correctional services.

The organisation is one of several trying to decriminalise consensual sexual acts between children aged 12 to 15. They argue that it causes the children unnecessary trauma.

The view is controversial and the organisations have been labelled "agents of Satan" by some faith-based bodies.

Christina's sister, Bridgette Nzama, 32, said this week that her family thought she was fine - until she committed suicide.

Christina would have been in matric this year and had dreams of becoming a photographer.

Her mother, Mandisa, was the last person to see her alive; the girl had called for her "mommy" after taking the medication at home. She left no suicide note.

The last SMS Christina sent to her sister was: "Thank you my sister for everything you have done for me."

Nzama had supported her sister during the court case, which was "very stressful".

"I ended up leaving my job so that I could go to court with her and support her . There were journalists everywhere and she didn't want to talk," she said.

After the video scandal, Christina moved to two different schools because children made fun of her.

"She didn't want to go outside or go anywhere," Nzama said.

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