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Ex-S. African Deputy President Zuma Charged With Rape Jacob Zuma, the former deputy president of South Africa who is already facing trial for corruption, was today charged with rape.Although Mr Zuma will remain No. 2 in the governing African National Congress, the charge is likely to end any lingering hope that he could succeed Thabo Mbeki as president when he steps down after two terms in 2009. Mr Mbeki fired Mr Zuma in June after a court found his financial adviser guilty of corruption, and he was charged on two counts of corruption shortly afterwards. Newspaper reports surfaced last month that Mr Zuma had raped an HIV-positive AIDS activist who is an old family friend, and who contracted HIV after being raped earlier in her life. - (Africa) |
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| Zimbabwe: Court rules against white farmers Harare - A Zimbabwe court has handed down its first decision based on a recent constitutional amendment banning white farmers from legally challenging land grabs, say reports on Wednesday. - (José María) - (Africa) |
 South Africa -- Police probing deaths of an internationally acclaimed White South African opera singer and his fatherPolice said that Deon van der Walt's mother found her son Tuesday in his bedroom with two gunshot wounds to his chest. She also found her husband with a gunshot wound to the temple and a gun by his side. The family lived on a wine estate in the town of Paarl, just outside Cape Town. - (Africa) |
| One of Zimbabwe's last remaining white farmers was strangled and burned to death in an attack inside his home yesterday Don Stewart, 68, was set upon shortly before dawn in the bedroom of his tightly-guarded homestead near Norton, 25 miles west of Harare. He was one of the last 300 white farmers left in Zimbabwe. There were 4,000 five years ago. Police insisted that Mr Stewart's murder was the work of common criminals and had "no political motive". Nothing besides a hunting rifle was stolen. His assailants were unable to penetrate the barred windows and reinforced doors of his homestead on Ingwerati dairy farm. Instead, they entered through the roof and strangled Mr Stewart in his bed. Then they covered him with a mattress, doused it in petrol and set him alight. Mr Stewart, who was born in Zimbabwe, lived alone. After the strain of five years of continuous violence against white farmers, his wife, Margaret, had moved to Britain. - (José María) - (Africa) - (Burned Alive!) |
South Africa: Navy officer on 34 rape charges * Sailor on 34 charges of rape Cape Town - A 33-year-old naval officer, accused on 34 charges of rape, appeared in Wynberg magistrate's court in Cape Town on Monday, SABC news reported. Police expected even more charges to be brought against the seaman, said to be the Western Cape's worst serial rapist. The victims' ages ranged from 15 to 42. Three women were raped in a single day and a 15-year-old girl was apparently forced to have sex with her father before being raped as well. - (José María) - (Africa) |
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| South Africa: Top ANC man Jacob Zuma faces rape chargeSouth Africa's governing ANC party has refrained from acting against the party's deputy president, Jacob Zuma, who has been accused of rape. Mr Zuma has also been charged with corruption and was sacked as the country's deputy president in June. At a weekend meeting of ANC's national executive, Mr Zuma admitted he was facing allegations of rape, and asked to address the meeting on the subject. This followed press reports that police were pursuing rape claims against him. |
South Africa: Soccer star Vilakazi rape trial continues The rape trial of Benedict Vilakazi, a Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates soccer ace, resumes in the Johannesburg magistrate's court this morning. Vilakazi stands accused of raping of a 15-year-old girl at her home in Rosettenville in January. Vilakazi has admitted to having had sex with the complainant. He maintains it was with her consent and that she told him she was over the legal age. Reports say the complainant recently gave birth to a baby she claims was fathered by Vilakazi. - (Africa) |
| An elderly British couple have been beaten to death in a frenzied attack on their farm in South Africa Harold and Sylvia Hart were assaulted with a golf club and other weapons at Swing Gate farm, 20 miles west of Johannesburg. Mr Hart, 88, and his wife, 84, were attacked on Friday afternoon in a fertile area of rolling hills where they had lived since 1953. Their daughter, Lesley Hay, 53, said that Mr Hart was lured outside the homestead's electrified security fence. Here, an unknown number of thugs forced a bag over his head and attacked him with a "blunt instrument". Both of Mr Hart's arms were broken. He was killed with repeated blows to the head and chest. At least 1,700 white landowners have been killed since the end of apartheid 11 years ago and this toll grows almost every month. - (José María) - (Africa) |
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| South Africa: ANC tight lipped over Zuma rape allegationNeither the police nor the ANC are ready to comment on the rape allegations levelled against Jacob Zuma, the ANC's deputy president, who stands accused of raping a 31-year-old woman. While one newspaper report suggested the woman preferred not to talk about the alleged incident, another newspaper reported that she denied having been sexually assaulted. Sally de Beer, the national police spokesperson, said they were still gathering information. |
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UK: Reward offered in sex gang case - Black South African migrant pack rapists on the loose   Detectives investigating a series of rapes in Northampton have issued a reward for information leading to the arrest of the sex attackers. Over the last two weeks there have been three rapes and two attempted abductions which Northamptonshire Police believe could be linked. The attacks have led police to warn women and girls not to go out alone in the town after dark. The offenders are described as black, in their 20s, with very dark skin, about 6ft tall and spoke with South African accents. The latest victim, a 30-year-old woman, was found with head injuries early on Monday morning. She had been hit on the head before being raped. On 1 August attempts were made to abduct a 15-year-old in the early hours of the morning. Less than an hour later an 18-year-old was forced into a car, driven to Duston and raped. After police released details of these attacks an 18-year-old woman reported being raped. - (Svejk) - (UK) |
Darkest Africa: South Africa, Cape Town - Cops ask for help in finding baby killers  Police have remained tight-lipped after the murder of a six-month-old baby in Rondebosch East two days ago. On Thursday they released an identikit of one of the four intruders responsible for the murder that has shocked the community. Jordan-Leigh Norton was stabbed when four intruders gained entry to her Scout Road home, held up her nanny and uncle and ransacked the house of valuables. Baby's murder puzzles cops - (African Crusader) - (black on white) |
Mandela son-in-law seeking to resolve rape charge in Connecticut The son-in-law of former South African president Nelson Mandela, who left Connecticut 12-years ago while facing rape charges, is trying to resolve that case, his attorney said Friday. Isaac Amuah, a former professor at Manchester Community Technical College, was accused of sexually assaulting a 34-year-old student from his algebra class inside Amuah's Manchester apartment. Amuah was charged with first-degree sexual assault and unlawful restraint. He was given permission to travel to South Africa for the holidays in 1993 and never returned. - (crime) |
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