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An attempted rape suspect
Related to country: South Africa

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Victim nabs suspect in queue

Thabisile Khoza

Sekhukhune - An attempted rape suspect who was arrested when his alleged victim spotted him standing in the same queue as her at a clinic, appeared briefly in court on Monday.

The 21-year-old man from Ga-Mashegwana village in Limpopo was arrested on Friday.

On Monday, he was not asked to plead to charges of attempted rape and assault with the intention to cause grievous bodily harm when he appeared in the Sekhukhune Magistrate's Court.

He was remanded in custody until November 3 for further investigation.

Sekhukhune police spokesperson Constable Dithomo Kgaphola said the alleged victim had phoned police from the clinic on Friday.

She claimed he had attacked her at about 11:00 that day.

"She told us that she fought back and kicked him in the testicles and bit his mouth to free herself," he said.

She didn't report the matter to police immediately as she first wanted to get help at the clinic for injuries to her face.

"When she was in the queue at the clinic, she noticed the suspect join the same queue, so she quickly slipped away and called the police with her cellphone," he said.

Kgaphola said the police allowed the suspect to get medical treatment first for his injuries.

"After the doctor finished examining him we took him to the police cell," he said.

- African Eye

October 15, 2008 | 5:50 AM Comments  0 comments

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An attempted rape suspect
Related to country: South Africa

Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

Victim nabs suspect in queue

Thabisile Khoza

Sekhukhune - An attempted rape suspect who was arrested when his alleged victim spotted him standing in the same queue as her at a clinic, appeared briefly in court on Monday.

The 21-year-old man from Ga-Mashegwana village in Limpopo was arrested on Friday.

On Monday, he was not asked to plead to charges of attempted rape and assault with the intention to cause grievous bodily harm when he appeared in the Sekhukhune Magistrate's Court.

He was remanded in custody until November 3 for further investigation.

Sekhukhune police spokesperson Constable Dithomo Kgaphola said the alleged victim had phoned police from the clinic on Friday.

She claimed he had attacked her at about 11:00 that day.

"She told us that she fought back and kicked him in the testicles and bit his mouth to free herself," he said.

She didn't report the matter to police immediately as she first wanted to get help at the clinic for injuries to her face.

"When she was in the queue at the clinic, she noticed the suspect join the same queue, so she quickly slipped away and called the police with her cellphone," he said.

Kgaphola said the police allowed the suspect to get medical treatment first for his injuries.

"After the doctor finished examining him we took him to the police cell," he said.

- African Eye

October 15, 2008 | 5:48 AM Comments  0 comments

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Accused tell of sex orgy
Related to country: South Africa

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Pretoria - Both men accused of raping and beating up a young Pretoria woman near a hotel in February last year on Tuesday claimed she had consented to have sex with them.

Louis Brits, 20, of Mayville admitted that he had beaten up the woman after he and his friend Dirk Grobler, 23, had sex with her.

He said this was because she insisted they should go home with her and when they refused, started pushing them around.

Grobler said he had sex with the woman in her car and had pushed her away when she insisted he should come home with her.

However he claimed he had left Brits alone with her on a dark corner in the early hours of the morning and had nothing to do with an attempt to murder her.

Mother of three

A policeman earlier testified he believed the woman would not survive after he found her naked, bleeding and struggling to breathe on the street near the Maders Hotel in Mayville, Pretoria.

The woman, a mother of three young children, was now so severely disabled that she was confined to a wheelchair and could not speak coherently.

Brits claimed the victim had approached them in the hotel and insisted on dancing with them.

She then accompanied Grobler to her car, where they had sex and Brits saw Grobler hitting her.

Afterwards, she had accompanied them to a dark place around the corner, where she had sex with them both before having sex with Grobler again. No violence or force was involved, he said.

Did not want to be involved

He insisted that both of them had assaulted the woman when she started pushing them around and that he had left Grobler behind with her, but Grobler put the blame for the attack squarely on Brits' shoulders, insisting he was not involved.

Brits admitted that he had approached four vagrants who were sleeping in a doorway nearby and asked one of the men if he wanted to have sex with the woman as well.

Both accused admitted to removing the woman's car radio, but said it was the other one's idea.

Two homeless men earlier told the court how they and two friends had heard the woman being raped and beaten up.

The group had ignored the woman and left her dying in the street because "they did not want to get involved" and were afraid of the police.

The trial continues.

October 15, 2008 | 5:42 AM Comments  0 comments

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RISK VS REWARD
About this event: Food for Talk
Related to country: Nigeria

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Decisions, decisions. Every day we have to make numerous choices. Some can affect us the rest of our lives, while others are relatively insignificant. But whatever the type of choices we must make, the fact remains that WE are responsible, and we must weigh the risk versus the reward of our decisions.
Daily Dilemmas
A typical day begins with the simple choice of when to get out of bed. Then we must decide whether to take a shower, a bath, shampoo our hair, or whether to bathe at all. How to wear our hair and what clothes to wear are other decisions to be made. Shall we skip breakfast or eat, and if so, what shall we have? How will we get to school--ride with our parents, ride the school bus, hitch a ride with a friend or walk? All of these choices must be made.
Along with such obvious decisions facing today's young people are the more serious ones that really can affect lives. One such choice could be whether to study for a test, go out with friends or spend the evening talking on the telephone. We all know which choice should be made, but will it?
Choosing what to wear may seem a mundane decision, but not in today's world of gangs that sport certain colors, brands of clothing and shoes and styles of wearing those clothes. To make the wrong choice and wear "gang" paraphernalia could be dangerous. By the same token, many people judge others by the clothes worn--not just whether the clothes are clean and pressed, but whether they are brand name or generic. A student's acceptance at school can depend on such choices.
How active students are in school also can have a big effect on their success. For example, should they participate in extra-curricular activities such as band, vocal music, cheerleading, debate, football or another sport? The time required for practice can drastically cut into time needed for studying or simple free time for relaxation with friends.
Should students have a part-time job? Here again, the time a job requires would directly affect all aspects of after-school and/or weekend activities, including time to do homework or participate in activities.
Whether to use drugs, drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes are big choices that virtually every student must face. Some go along with the crowd just to belong, but the risk of such behavior can be deadly as well as dangerous to reputations where breaking the law is concerned. Using drugs and alcohol involves other decisions, such as whether to get behind the wheel or even to appear in public and risk arrest. The "reward" of a temporary high means nothing in comparison.
Career Choices
Once students have navigated through school toward graduation, there are even more decisions to be made. Some decide to drop out of school to marry, get jobs or have children. Others go on to college, and there are other major decisions to be made. Where to go? What to major in? Whether to live on campus or commute? Who to have as a roommate or have none at all? What classes to take, how many hours to carry and at what times?
Some of these choices can be made only by the students directly affected by them; others can and should be made after much thought and discussion with parents, counselors and/or friends. But no matter what our decisions, the risk vs. the reward of our choices must be considered. And the overwhelming question that must be answered is quite simply, Is it worth it?