The virginity test is an annual event initiated by the church located in South Africa which sees young ladies from the age of 18 years and above being examined by a specialist to ascertain whether they are virgins or not.
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Church gives certificate to female members after successful virginity test (photos)
Female members of Nazareth Baptist Church could not hide their excitement and pride after being issued certificates to testify that they had gone through the virginity test and passed.
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The purpose of the initiative is to instill morality in the youth and to avoid teenage pregnancy, among other sexual immorality-related predicaments.
Reports say the test is usually conducted in the middle of every year, so the certificate, which is signed and issued by the leader and founder of the church himself, becomes invalid by the middle of next year when the next virginity test is conducted.
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This year’s edition of the virginity testing event was held on the 4th of July, 2022.
The successful participants had white marks inscribed on their foreheads to indicate that they had gone through it successfully.
Photos of some successful participants holding and displaying their certificates gleefully have been uploaded to social media and have since sparked mixed reactions, with some people lauding the church’s initiative, while others wonder whether there is a similar one for the male congregants.
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In related news, many men approached her when she was younger, but Alvera Uwitonze, a physically challenged woman, now-56 years old, rejected them.
Her fear at the time was that the men were just interested in taking advantage of her situation to use and dump her.
She feared that with her condition, if she got pregnant and the man responsible ran away or denied responsibility, she would suffer alone with the pregnancy and have to cater for the child single-handedly.
To avoid making her life miserable, Alvera turned down all the numerous men that were after her at her youthful age.
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She feels lonely now and lives a solitary life, with only one analogue radio set as her only companion.
Now that she is interested in men, they keep telling her that her time has passed and that they want younger and able-bodied women to marry.
"They used to come here and ask if they could marry me, and I refused them all. I was afraid a man would come and get me pregnant, then leave me and the child for someone else," Alvera recounted in an interview with Afrimax TV.
The elderly spinster, who said she had never had a man, expressed regret for not giving them a chance when they were chasing after her. She recalled how a man she was interested in marrying told her that he would only accept her offer on the condition that she would pay him.
"I live deep in the village and there's no way I can get that kind of money. But if I get it, I will still give it to him because I am lonely and I also want a family of my own," she lamented.
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Alvera was born able-bodied but fell ill while growing up. Her parents, instead of taking her to the hospital for professional treatment, sent her to a traditional medical practitioner.
Her condition then deteriorated, resulting in the disability she lives with now.
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