Women Want Action on Kidnapped Girls 10 for a Formal Bail Application
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4 NEWS FRIDAY MAY 9 2014 The Star ZELDA VENTER Pistorius had said “he missed Reeva so much and that he had IT WAS an emotional day for ‘I saw a heartbroken man who suffered’ accidentally shot her”. Oscar Pistorius and his family Nel said Pistorius’s version QQUICKUICK yesterday as they marked his van Schalkwyk, who was asked by broken person, she said. four reports to the lower court, was that he thought he shot at mother’s birthday. the lower court in February last “He cried, he vomited, he was stating that he had consulted his intruders and not that he acciden- After taking his seat in the year to assist him emotionally and broken about her loss and he kept psychologist on a regular basis. tally shot Steenkamp. dock, Pistorius hugged a relative to monitor his behaviour during on saying he felt sorry for her fam- Her report indicated that Pisto- He also questioned whether TTAKEAKE for a long time, and it appeared as his bail application. ily, especially her parents. He rius was co-operative. Drug tests Pistorius told Van Schalkwyk he if they prayed together. Van Schalkwyk this week loved her.” at the time were negative. was sorry for what he had done. His sister Aimee also appeared approached the defence of her Prosecutor Gerrie Nel objected Nel, during cross-examination, Van Schalkwyk said Pistorius 11 perish in bus accident teary as she hugged another fam- own accord and insisted on taking to this evidence, but Judge told Van Schalkwyk she had seen said he was sorry about what hap- ily member for several minutes. the stand. Thokozile Masipa allowed it. Pistorius a day after his arrest, pened. Nel retorted: “He told you ELEVEN people were killed in a bus accident between George Sheila died 12 years ago, at the She said that she was upset by Van Schalkwyk said Pistorius when he was crying and felt sorry he missed Reeva. It’s all about and Oudtshoorn yesterday morning, Western Cape traffic age of 42, on March 6, 2002. claims in the media that Pistorius had told her of his and Steen- for himself. him… One will expect he would authorities said. “Ten people died at the scene and another While walking to the dock put on an act “when he needed to”, kamp’s plans. “Did he say he killed her or that show remorse and accept what he person died in hospital,” the province’s traffic chief, Kenny Africa, before proceedings yesterday, Pis- by crying, and was emotional in “I saw a heartbroken man who he shot her?” asked Nel. “Most had done.” said. “Another 18 passengers were injured, nine seriously.” Of torius hugged a woman in the court to manipulate the situation. suffered emotionally.” people are traumatised following Nel added it was not in dispute the 18, four were children. Africa said he was not sure if any of public gallery. It later appeared The man she saw the day after As part of Pistorius’s bail their arrest.” that Pistorius was traumatised the deceased were children. The incident happened on the N12 that she was social worker Yvette he shot Reeva Steenkamp was a conditions last year, she submitted Van Schalkwyk responded that after shooting Steenkamp. around 1.50am. – Sapa Alleged child-killer, rapist in court A MAN accused of raping a 9-year-old girl and then setting her alight appeared in the Bellville District Court, Cape Town, yesterday. Magistrate Cyril Krautz postponed the matter to June Women want action on kidnapped girls 10 for a formal bail application. The man, 27, who may not be named until he pleads to the charges, previously abandoned a bail application. He was arrested on January 19 and has Nigerian government must find them and bring them home, say Joburg protesters appeared in court four times. Initially, he faced charges of NUM speaks abduction, sexual assault, rape and attempted murder. Because JOYCE LEE the victim died in hospital from her burns on March 18, the [email protected] out on attempted murder charge was changed to murder. – Sapa EARING bright-red lip- seized girls Fishermen guided to safety stick and colourful W clothing, the crowd of TWO FISHERMEN from Lamberts Bay on the West Coast were women pushed against the iron THE NATIONAL Union of guided back to shore yesterday after losing their way in thick fog, gates of the Nigerian Consulate Mineworkers urged support the National Sea Rescue Institute said. NSRI spokesman Craig yesterday. yesterday for the families of Lambinon said the men waited out Wednesday night on their “Bring back our girls. They the more than 200 girls small, open fishing boat and dropped anchor until the fog are ours. They are our future,” kidnapped by extremists in cleared. Sea rescue craft found the men 9 nautical miles north of they yelled, as security guards Nigeria. Lamberts Bay yesterday morning and guided them back to the looked on from behind the walls. “We urge the South African harbour. – Sapa The crowd of more than 200 government, religious groups, Joburg residents marched down Congress of South African Commission adjourns again Rivonia Road from Sandton City Trade Unions and NGOs to to the Nigerian Consulate, join forces and support the THE SERITI Commission of Inquiry into the 1999 arms deal was demanding that the Nigerian affected families,” NUM adjourned yesterday, a spokesman said. This was as Captain government rescue the kid- general secretary Frans Andrew Reed completed his testimony, spokesman William napped girls, bring them home, Baleni said. Baloyi said. The hearings will continue on Wednesday. The and provide for therapy to help “We need to internalise commission, sitting in Pretoria and headed by Judge Willie Seriti, them cope with the trauma. their pain, and just imagine if is investigating allegations of corruption in the multibillion-rand The protesters joined the it was your child being 1999 arms deal. – Sapa global #BringBackOurGirls kidnapped.” movement, which aims to put The schoolgirls were Ailing sailor evacuated pressure on the Nigerian gov- abducted in the north-eastern ernment to find the missing Nigerian town of Chibok on A FILIPINO sailor with a suspected burst stomach ulcer was schoolgirls. April 14 and have still not been evacuated from a bulk carrier off Port Elizabeth, the National Sea Most of the girls, about 270 of found. Rescue Institute said yesterday. Spokesman Craig Lambinon said them, were kidnapped by Boko Baleni said the union was the MV India, sailing from Brazil to Singapore, had diverted to Haram, an Islamist rebel group, also concerned 11 more girls Port Elizabeth to rendezvous with the NSRI off the city. “On from a school in Chibok, Nige- were kidnapped on Sunday. arrival on scene, the patient, walking and in a stable and ria, on April 14. “NUM calls on the satisfactory condition, was brought down the pilot’s ladder onto Boko Haram recently re- whole world to fight these our sea rescue craft,” he said. The sailor was taken to shore and leased a video saying they would barbarians who are trying to received further treatment in hospital. – Sapa sell the girls into slavery. block children’s access to Led by organisers from the education.” Gang of five robbers arrested Joburg’s Young Women’s Chris- He said it was saddening tian Association, the South that religion was being FIVE men were arrested in connection with business robberies in African National Aids Council misused to terrorise and Sekgakgapeng, Mokopane, Limpopo police said yesterday. The and the Positive Women’s Net- kidnap people. – Sapa men were arrested on Wednesday evening at a house in the works (PWN), the crowd took up area, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. “The suspects terrorised one lane of the two-lane road, business owners in the area in the past few months by robbing singing and cheering, “Viva the NEW FOCUS: A group of about 200 activists and celebrities marched to the Nigerian Consulate in Illovo to demand bring any action. them of cash, airtime and groceries,” he said. The men allegedly spirit of the girls”. that the Nigerian government find the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. PICTURE: DUMISANI SIBEKO The girls have been missing operated in a group, where two of them entered a shop, While elections were an for more than three weeks. pretended to buy something, and then pointed a firearm at the important moment for South “We’re hoping they are shopowner before tying up the owner and workers. The three Africa, the country had to shift cated to helping women living ing,” Mabele read aloud from the nalled deep social issues about When the group reached the alive,” said actress Rosie Mo- other men then entered the shop, stole various items and fled its focus onto the missing girls with HIV/Aids. pages. gender inequality. gates of the consulate and men tene, an organiser. the scene. – Sapa now, said Ntsiki Mazwai, a poet Mabele and two other organi- Marchers heard reports that “We as black women have came out to greet them, they Meanwhile, the organisation and organiser of the march. sers went to the consulate to another group of protesters had been wronged. (The govern- said: “We don’t want to hear Islamic Relief and the Nelson “In the AU, Zuma, you have hand over a memorandum gathered in front of Parliament, ments) fight so hard for rhinos. men’s voices. We want to hear Mandela Children’s Foundation Cement truck blocks N1 north all the presidents in your hand,” urging action from the Nigerian only to be dispersed by police Why can’t they fight for 300 the women’s voices.