Some weeks ago i read about what king Mswati III did in his country (Swaziland in southern africa)..... It has much to do with the article you posted above

(i translated it from norwegian..)
...."If the young girls at high school refuses to agree with (the rite of passage?), they won't be allowed access to school. It is the notoriously famous King Mswati III of Swaziland who is doing his business again, according to the news agency Press Association.

Latest news from Swaziland says that single, female students can be expelled from school if they refuse to promiss to not have sexual intercourse. Principal Michael Dlamini at Mhlatane high school says girls will drop straight out of school if they don't agree with or go against the (rite of passage). The new rule is one of the consequences of the king's decicion to bring back the traditional sex limitations, and it will come into effect as the next semester begins at 27th of january.

According to the traditional (ritage of passage), umcwascho, it is not possible to have sexual intercouse with persons under 18 years of age. The traditional rite(?) also says that women younger than 23 has to carry a small piece of wood in their hair tie/band."

........it was posted in a section where they have strange news. It didnt mention AIDS/HIV once.. But it is easy to see that the king did it to fight AIDS/HIV spreading. They mentioned it in another article about the king thou:

"The king is frustrated at the high number of HIV positive in his country, and describes teenage girls as «flowers which should be protected».

Over 25 percent of the adults in Swaziland have been infected by HIV, according to UNAIDS. The disease has already killed ten thousands of the population of the country."

we got a swazi on okayplaye so i'll tell her to drop by this post

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