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Farmer Tattie Schoeman 49, nephew Marius Bester 24 bludgeoned, survive attack by 4-5 black males.: nothing robbed

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Bothaville farmer Tattie Schoeman 49 and nephew Marius Bester 24 attacked in Rooidam farm house by 4 or 5 black male attackers. -------------------------- Bothaville farmer Tattie Schoeman and farm-manager survive attack by five blackmales: SAPS ------------ Aug 28 2013 - Bloemfontein - Die Vrystaatse polisie is steeds op soek na vyf mans wat in die vroeë oggendure ‘n boer van Bothaville en sy voorman aangeval en beroof het. Polisiewoordvoerder Stephen Thakeng sê die plaaseienaar, 48-jarige Tattie Schoeman is saam met sy plaasbestuurder - wie se identiteit in hierdie stadium onbekend is - deur die mans vasgebind, nadat hulle geld en vuurwapens geëis het.Thakeng sê die mans het toegang deur ‘n kombuisvenster gekry en het hierna twee jaggewere gesteel. Thakeng sê Schoeman se twee honde is kort voor die aanval vergiftig. http://www.saps.gov.za ----------------- Tom de Wet Volksblad: Donderdag 29 Augustus 2013 BOTHAVILLE. – “Die Here het ons die genade gegee om nog ’n dag te kan leef. Sonder my Here sou ek nie nou met jou gepraat het nie. Ek getuig dit.” Dié roerende woorde is dié van Tattie Schoeman (49) wat Woensdagoggend saam met sy neef Marius Bester (24) in hul huis op die plaas Rooidam oorval is. Die inbrekers, moontlik vier of vyf, het die elektriese omheining oopgeknip en onderdeur gekruip. Hulle het daarna diefwering oopgebreek en deur ’n venster geklim. Twee honde is vergiftig. Die gewapende inbrekers het eers vir Bester in sy kamer oorval, hom met ’n pistool oor die kop geslaan, vasgemaak en uitgevra oor hoeveel mense in die huis is. Die inbrekers is daarna na Schoeman se kamer waar hulle hom ook oorval, vasgemaak en toe met ’n bobbejaansleutel aangerand het. Hulle het geld geëis, maar kon niks kry nie. Hulle het daarna die vuurwapenkluis se sleutel in die hande gekry en ’n geweer en rewolwer gebuit. Die twee mans is vasgebind agtergelaat terwyl die inbrekers weggekom het. “Die absolute magteloosheid wat jy voel as jy daar vasgebind lê, is moeilik om te beskryf. Dit is donker, jy weet nie hoe laat dit is nie en jy kan niks doen om los te kom nie.” Schoeman sê hy voel magteloos ná dié gebeure. Al die sekuriteitsmaatreëls het die aanvallers nie uitgehou nie. Werkers op die plaas het die oggend onraad vermoed toe daar nie beweging by die huis is nie. Hulle het ook die oop venster gesien. Gustav Labuschagne, een van die plaasbestuurders, het Schoeman en Bester teen 07:30 bevry. Konst. Kethabile Mofokeng, polisiewoordvoerder, sê niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie en die polisie soek na vier of vyf verdagtes. --------------- http://www.volksblad.com/nuus/2013-08-29-boer-neef-op-plaas-oorval

SA protestors sing Shoot the Jew instead of Shoot the Boer at Wits concert by saxophonist Daniel Zamir

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South African protesters sing “Shoot the Jew” instead of “Shoot the Boer” at concert of saxophonist Daniel Zamir August 29, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine: " We’ve discussed “Shoot the Boer” before. It’s one of those cheerful anti-Apartheid songs about shooting white people. Now it’s been narrowed down in its specificity by the BDS pro-terrorist crowd. Its coordinator Muhammed Desai says 'anti-semitism played no role in our protest', telling 'Wits Vuvuzela'that 'the whole idea of anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion. The concert at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa featuring Israeli saxophonist Daniel Zamir turned ugly Wednesday night when members of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) group began to sing, “dubula e juda” (“shoot the Jew”) as concert attendees were entering the music hall, according to Wits Vuvuzela, a paper affiliated with the university. " Wits Vuvuzela" student publication, reported that BDS protestors also chanted “there is no such thing as Israel” and “Israel apartheid.” Despite the hateful rhetoric, Muhammed Desai, coordinator of BDS South Africa, rejected the notion that anti-Semitism played a role in the group’s protest, telling Wits Vuvuzela that “the whole idea [of] anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion.” Writes Greenfield in Front Page Magazine: "Clearly. I’m not sure what the right proportion for inciting the murder of Jews would be. Based on what most supporters of terrorism think, any criticism of that sort of thing is out of proportion." http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/south-african-anti-israel-bds-protesters-sing-shoot-the-jew-instead-of-shoot-the-boer/ ------------------- BACKGROUND BDS ('Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions") South Africa facebook announced its protest meeting as follows:"Following audio evidence of ethnic racism and profiling by pro-Israeli organisations, of an event scheduled to take place at Wits on Wednesday 28 August 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/kxjduyl); We, the Wits University Palestine Solidarity Committee, BDS South Africa and Concerned Wits University Staff and Students hereby call on all peace-loving members of the public to join us in a non-violent and peaceful protest that will be held at Wits University's Great Hall in Johannesburg from 18h30 outside of the event. The protest will be against the racism of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their call for a boycott of Israel until Israel meets its obligations under international law. If possible, please dress in black Contact telephone: 0834530528 / 084219988 "About BDS: "A South African group advancing and working with the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel movement BDS South Africa was founded in 2010. At the time the larger global BDS movement was on the rise internationally but there was no specific South African group focusing solely on the boycott of Israel. We fulfill this role.BDS South Africa employs full-time staff members but mostly relies on a large and extensive group of volunteers. An advisory board, with respective experts, has also been set up to provide oversight and guide to the organization.Since its establishment BDS South Africa has facilitated numerous campaigns, including: the University of Johannesburg (UJ) academic boycott campaign which successfully resulted in UJ terminating its institutional ties with Israel (www.ujpetition.com); the South African Artists Against Apartheid cultural boycott campaign (www.southafricanartistsagainstapartheid.com); and, the annual Israeli Apartheid Week – a nationwide awareness raising initiative at over 15 South African universities and in more than 20 cities and towns. telephone +27 11 492 2414 - administrator@bdssouthafrica.com - http://www.bdssouthafrica.com - http://www.twitter.com/bdssouthafrica - http://www.facebook.com/bdssouthafrica https://www.facebook.com/bdssouthafrica - ---------------------------------------- Wits Vuvuzela article: "BDS protests saxophonist Daniel Zamir concert at Wits, sing "Shoot The Jew" (Dubula e juda)" (*The article produced by student-journalists, leaves unexplained what 'BDS' stands for) Daniel Zamir concert at Wits -- by Emelia Motsai - emelia@witsvuvuzela.com - and Nokuthula Manyathi - photos Nokuthula Manyathi by Emelia Motsai and Nokuthula Manyathi - August 29, 2013 Aug 29 2013; "Both concert organisers and protesters felt like winners after the Daniel Zamir concert that was held at Wits University last night. Muhammed Desai, coordinator of BDS South Africa, said the protest had been effective because they were able to make those attending the concert “uncomfortable”. “I am an alumnus of this university, they are the ones that are outsiders here, and we want them to feel like outsiders,” said Desai. “You have blood on your hands.You think you can use our university to cleanse your image.”He said because the organisers had to send out an urgent message to those attending the concert to tell them how to get in, which entrances to use and which to avoid is also a sign of victory – “already it shows that they are tense and they are stressed because SA is becoming so difficult for pro-Israeli organisations to operate [in].” But the organisers also felt that the night was a success. The concert was held as the university’s way of making up for the one that was disrupted in March. The president of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), Zev Krengel said Wits had lived up to its promise. : “The team was great. I could not fault Wits in anyway.” Krengel said the "protesters were peaceful apart from the group that moved into the corridor and which he described as aggressive". At first the protesters were singing softly but as the night went on they sang and chanted loudly. The protesters confronted and provoked those who came for the concert. “You have the blood of Palestine children on your jersey,” shouted a protester to a woman who was walking in to the concert area. “ You have blood on your hands. You think you can use our university to cleanse your image,” said another protester. Most of the people there to attend the concert passed by the protesters quickly pretending not to notice anything but not all of them. Some passed by the protesters holding up Israel scarves and flags. “Fuck you!” said a concert attendee to a protester. “Wits University is my University, I have two degrees at Wits,” said another person attending the concert -- replying to a protester who had shouted that they "were not welcomed at Wits". Another one gave the protesters the middle finger. Some had to be subdued by those walking with them. At some point the protesters threw papers at concert attendees as they arrived. They also sang, “dubula e juda” (“shoot the Jew”), and chanted “there is no such thing as Israel” and “Israel apartheid” as the concert attendees were coming in. Quote: Desai: "Just like you would say 'Kill the Boer' at funerals during the eighties it was a way of identifying with the apartheid-regime' --- Desai said many African people in South Africa when using the word “Jews” meant it in the same way they would have during the eighties. “Just like you would say kill the Boer at funeral during the eighties it wasn’t about killing white people, it was used as a way of identifying with the apartheid regime”. NO JEWS ARE BEING HARMED BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITIC IMPULSES: He (Desai) said "there was no evidence of Jews being harmed because of anti-Semitic impulses, – “the whole idea anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion”. He said if there were anti-Semitic sentiments they would flatly challenge it even if it came from within their protest. He said there a peaceful process going on and South Africans had to encourage that. http://witsvuvuzela.com/2013/08/29/with-gallery-audio-bds-protests-daniel-zamir-concert-at-wits/ Ari Kruger, who attended the concert said the the term “apartheid” freely used just to evoke enthusiasm and sensitivity among South Africans: “Look at their supporters, the Cosatu guys, I’ve spoken to them on many occasions, they actually don’t have the facts, they are being told, ‘come to the function, apartheid, free Palestine, South Africa’s history is Palestinian reality’ which is actually not true.” Krengel challenged the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) to have a joint concert with them, to “bring together a Palestine musician and an Israeli one.” Dr Shireen Ally, a Wits lecturer who was part of a group that represented Wits staff and students, said the university refused them the right to have a silent protest and move into the Great Hall foyer. Ally said they would be seeking legal advice because the university had “infringed” on their rights to protest. Deputy vice-chancellor Tawana Kupe said "the university had given permission for a silent protest, just not permission to be in the foyer which the protesters had not asked for anyway." http://witsvuvuzela.com/2013/08/29/with-gallery-audio-bds-protests-daniel-zamir-concert-at-wits/#comment-12463

Murray & Roberts construction workers injured, hospitalised in Rivonia attack: CE Henry Laas

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Murray & Roberts CE Henry Laas said in a press statement in Johannesburg on August 28 2013 that "Murray & Roberts staff, working on a construction site in Rivonia on Monday, were attacked by people arriving in three buses, breaking into the site, and harassing the company’s staff. Several of the company’s people had to be hospitalised." He did not provide further details. The comment was contained in his statement in which he announced that "Labour unrest & strikes caused R350m losses to Murray & Roberts in the 2013 financial year. He said:"The deteriorating labour situation in South Africa was a “big problem”, and that he was concerned about the spate of strikes at the Medupi power station construction project -- (only seven months in the 2013 financial year were actually worked) -- as well as the current general strike in the local construction industry. He said it was “very difficult” to build projects in South Africa in the current labour environment “safely, on time and on budget”. ------------------------------ Staff hospitalised after attack at work by people who arrived in 3 buses: Monday: August 26 2013: --- Murray & Roberts CE Henry Laas said in a press statement in Johannesburg on August 28 2013 that "Murray & Roberts staff, working on a construction site in Rivonia on Monday, were attacked by people arriving in three buses, breaking into the site, and harassing the company’s staff. Several of the company’s people had to be hospitalised." --- Murray & Roberts group financial director Cobus Bester added that workers on the Medupi site worked only seven out of the 12 months in the 2013 financial year. --- “There is absolutely no way you can make money if you don’t work five out of 12 months.” 'SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS ASSUME MORE RIGHTS THAN SHOULD BE THE CASE FOR LABOUR BODIES: AND GOVERNMENT CANNOT CONTROL THE LABOUR ENVIRONMENT:' Laas said he had the feeling that trade unions in South Africa were assuming more rights than should be the case for labour bodies. He also believed it was difficult for government to exercise control in the labour environment, as the trade unions formed a big part of its support base, and even more so now that the 2014 elections loomed large. ---- Laas said there was not justification for demands of 40% pay increases in an environment where inflation reached 6%. --- Murray & Roberts on Thursday reported that revenue for the financial year ended June 30 increased by R3-billion to R34.6-billion over the previous year, with the group swinging from a loss of R358-million to an operating profit of R1.7-billion. www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/murray-roberts-takes-r350m-strike-knock-2013-08-29

Man and woman shot at Richmond KZN farm: both critical with gunshot wounds. SAPS opens attempted murder cases

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A Man and a woman were shot and critically injured pm a Richmond, KZN farm on 30 August, reports Philip Bruwer. "They have both been admitted in critical condition to hospital after they were shot at around 02h00 Friday morning at the Honeywood farm near Richmond. SAPS colonel Jay Naicker confirmed to Maroela Media that 'information about the incident still is scarce'The woman in her thirties was apparently shot by a man inside the house and the man also was shot, with a firearm still found in his hands.' Netcare911's Chris Botha,confirmed that both patients were stabilised at the crime-scene and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. It is confirmed that the Richmond SAPS has opened a case of attempted murder and possession of an illegal firearm. Nothing was said about anybody having been arrested. The names of the victims were not made known as yet. http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/man-vrou-op-richmond-plaas-geskiet/ ------------------

Shaun Terblanche attacked on farm near Kruger airport: shoots dead one attacker: 2 injured

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Shaun Terblanche attacked on his farm near Kruger Mpumalanga international airport, White River: Mr Terblanche shoots one armed attacker dead; 2 captured WITRIVIER – ‘n Huisbraak naby die Kruger Mpumalanga Internasionale Lughawe het Maandag erg skeefgeloop vir drie vermeende rowers. ‘n Man is Maandag doodgeskiet en ‘n tweede is gearresteer na ‘n gepoogde inbraak op ‘n plaas naby die KMIL. Volgens die woordvoerder van die SAP, Sersant Gerald Sidibe, was drie mans om ongeveer 20:00 deur ‘n familielid van die eienaar gesteur tydens die drie se inbraak by ‘n plaashuis. Die Nelspruitse blitspatrollie, Witrivier se SAPS en die Witrivierse J&M sekuriteit het op die alarm gereageer. Meneer Shaun Terblanche van J&M Sekuriteit het gesê dat een van die rowers het ‘n vuurwapen op die familielid gerig toe dié terugvuur en die rower noodlottig wond. Nog ‘n verdagte het van die toneel gevlug en ‘n derde is later onder ‘n bed in die woning gekry. Kaptein Pieter Smit, bevelvoerder van die Nelspruitse blitspatrollie het bevestig dat die rowers toegang tot die huis verkry het deur ‘n gebreekte ruit. ‘n Windbuks is ook op die toneel gekry. Daar word vermoed dat dieselfde groep ook verantwoordelik was vir ‘n inbraak op ‘n naburige eiendom wat vroeë die aand plaasgevind het. Gesteelde goedere wat uit elektroniese uitrusting bestaan het is in die veld naby die toneel gevind. Die verdagte het Woensdag voor die magistraatshof verskyn op aanklag van twee sake van huisbraak, waarna die saak tot 4 September uitgestel is vir ‘n borgaansoek. http://bmarksa.org/nuus/huisbraak-loop-skeef-vir-inbrekers/

Two men questioned for rape-murder of disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60 -Margate KZN

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Murder suspects questioned about murder of Janet van der Walt 66 at Margate home Aug 6 2013 -------------------------- 28 August 2013Sugan Naidoo MARGATE police are questioning two men in connection with the murder of Janet van der Walt (60) at her home in Margate Extension Three on August 6. The two men, believed to be in their 30s, were arrested in Margate recently. Mrs van der Walt and her sister were at home at around 10.30pm when they heard the dogs barking. Mrs van der Walt went outside to investigate. Her sister heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on. She found Mrs van der Walt lying outside with three stab wounds in the neck. She locked herself inside and called the police. Police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka confirmed that police have taken two men in for questioning. "It is alleged that the two suspects had previously been charged for assault, kidnapping and robbery," he said. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7741782&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Update--Murder-suspects-questioned ---------------- The horrific murder of Mrs Janet van der Walt - 8 August 2013 SUGAN NAIDOO A WOMAN was murdered at her house in Margate Extension Three on Tuesday this week. The attacker, who is still on the run, stabbed the victim three times in the neck before fleeing, taking only a cellphone.Janet van der Walt's home in Margate Extension Three.According to a police report, Janet van der Walt (60), from Van Zyl Road was at home with her sister and they were asleep. "At around 10.30pm, Mrs van der Walt heard the dogs barking outside," said police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka."She went outside to investigate. Her sister then heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on, only to find her sister lying outside the house, half-naked. She then saw a man and locked herself inside and called the police," said Capt Mfeka.Mrs van der Walt's body was found with three wounds on her neck and there were some bruises on her body. Police also suspect that she might have been raped. The intruder gained entry to her property by jumping over the fence.Yesterday (Wednesday) Mrs van der Walt's nephew, Walter Green, described his aunt as a 'lovely person'. "She was always caring and worrying about everyone's well being. She never saw colour as a problem. She will be sorely missed by all of her friends and family," said Mr Green.Mr Green added that his aunt was on the verge of selling her house and it was believed that she was to sign the papers yesterday (Wednesday) and was to relocate to Johannesburg. She is survived by her only daughter, who lives in Johannesburg. No arrest have been made. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7686007&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Margate-woman--60--murdered --------------- Disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60, dragged from nursing home, raped and strangled to death: Margate August 8, 2013 A 60-year-old former auditor was raped and killed outside her home in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. The English-language version differs vastly from the Afrikaans-language one. Mrs Van der Walt was physically dragged from her home while her elderly sister frantically tried to drag her back in. The monster who dragged Mrs van der Walt outside the nursing home then raped her and strangled her to death while raping her. Following is the English language version: “The victim was stabbed with a sharp object in the neck and died,” police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka told the Afrikaans daily.Janetta Lorraine van der Walt, a former auditor for the SA Revenue Services in Durban, Springs and Alberton on Johannesburg’s East Rand, was raped and killed on Tuesday evening. She and her sister were watching television when she went to investigate a noise outside. Her sister witnessed her being attacked and called for help. Mfeka warned people "not to go outside when they hear strange noises. Please rather call the police or press your panic button. Do not go outside,” he said. – Sapa - See more at: http://praag.org/?p=8736#sthash.d2LWuo5s.dpuf ----------------- THE ENTIRE STORY IN AFRIKAANS: "Verkrag ná kreet om hulp - Vrou uit aftreehuis gesleep ’n Voormalige ouditeur wat weens heupprobleme skaars kon loop, is eergisteraand in haar aftreehuis in Margate verkrag, gewurg en met ’n mes in die bors doodgesteek. Janetta Lorraine van der Walt (60), wat voorheen vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens in Durban, Springs en Alberton gewerk het, is dood nadat haar suster, Koekie Stander (69), vergeefs probeer het om haar binnetoe te sleep om haar teen die aanvaller te beskerm. Die twee susters het in die huis in Van Zylstraat 7, uitbreiding 3, van die dorp aan die KwaZulu-Natalse Suidkus, TV gekyk toe die honde geblaf het. Van der Walt het gaan kyk wat aangaan. Volgens Walter Green, hul kleinneef, het Stander gehoor hoe Van der Walt roep: “Koekie, help my asseblief!” Stander het buitentoe gekyk en gesien ’n man verkrag haar suster. Die man het verdwyn toe hy besef hulp is op pad. Van der Walt, wat in die bors gesteek is, het regop gesit en vir haar foon gevra om hulp te ontbied. Stander het haar aan die arms gegryp om haar binnetoe te sleep, maar die verkragter het teruggekom en Van der Walt se bene begin trek. Stander het haar greep verloor, binnetoe gehardloop en die deur toegeslaan.Die selfoon wat sy saam met haar buitentoe geneem het, het daar agtergebly. Die verkragter het toe sy broek afgeruk en sy slagoffer verder verkrag.Volgens Green het Van der Walt geskreeu. Die man het haar toe gewurg terwyl hy haar verkrag. “Koeki het in die huis gebly en haar seun in Kaapstad gebel.“Dit was die enigste nommer waaraan sy kon dink. Toe het hy my suster in Durban gebel wat my in Margate gebel het,” het Green gesê. Hy het vyf minute later by die huis aangekom.“Iemand het die polisie gebel, want hulle was voor my daar.”Volgens Green het Stander die verkragter as klein gebou en jonk beskryf en het hy na alkohol geruik. “Watter soort mens doen dit aan twee ou vroue? En al waarmee hy weg is, is ’n selfoon.“Waarheen is die wêreld op pad?” Van der Walt se man is vier maande gelede dood en haar seun 23 jaar gelede in ’n ongeluk.Sy word oorleef deur ’n aangenome dogter. Green het haar as ’n familie-georiënteerde mens beskryf – “die familiekoerant” wat daarvan gehou het om naaldwerk te doen en skoliere met skoolwerk te help. “Sy was baie vriendelik. Sy het met almal oor die weg gekom.”Stander is uiters getraumatiseer, het Green gesê. “Sy sal nie weer dieselfde wees nie.”Die moordtoneel was volgens hom uiters grusaam. Kapt. Gerald Mfeka, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê speurders van Margate ondersoek ’n verkragting-en-moordsaak. “Die slagoffer is met ’n skerp voorwerp in die nek gesteek en is as gevolg daarvan dood.” Mfeka het mense gewaarsku om nie uit te gaan as hulle vreemde geluide hoor nie. “Bel asseblief die polisie of druk jou noodknoppie. Moenie buitentoe gaan nie.”"

3 black men charged with gang-raping, kidnapping white brother and sister cyclists, Kempton Park on trial in October

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Three black men identified as facing charges for gang-raping, kidnapping a white brother and sister who were cycling in Kempton Park. On trial will be: Tsepiso Molini, Jabu Molako and Joseph Mashego - from 7 to 25 October in the Palm Ridge high court, (SEE MAP) on charges of robbery, kidnapping, rape and possession of an illegal firearm. =============== Three black men charged with gang-raping, kidnapping a brother and sister while cycling in KemptonPark: on trial from 7-25 October Palm Ridge High Court: SEE MAP -- Sources: Andre Snyman and Wolfram Zwecker 3:50pm Aug 30 Eblockwatch: Three black men: Tsepiso Molini, Jabu Molako and Joseph Mashego will appear from 7 to 25 October in the Palm Ridge high court, (other side of Alberton) on charges of robbery, kidnapping, rape and possession of illegal firearm. They robbed/assaulted/raped/kidnapped the brother AND sister cyclists earlier this year while they were out cycling in the Kempton Park area. Two of the three charged males tested positive for DNA. Hopefully the two will implicate the third one. Minimum sentence for gang rape is life (25) and hopefully some extra years on top of that for kidnapping, assault robbery. The 2 other suspects that were arrested together with the 3 are awaiting trail in the Tembisa court for possession of stolen goods (the 2 bicycles among other things.) Keep the young woman and brother in your thoughts, they are going through a very difficult time. http://www.eblockwatch.co.za

Farmer Alexandre Gritte, 51, survives attack, Oribi Gorge by TEN armed black males

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Farmer Alexandar Gritte 51, seriously injured, bludgeoned: attacked at Oribi Gorge by TEN armed men, 6pm Aug202013: SAPS capt Gerald Mfeka confirmed. The farmer had a frightening experience when he was attacked at his home. He was alone at the time at his home in Camro Estates, Oribi Gorge when about ten armed men gained entr to his property at around 6pm, said the police captain. 28 August 2013 reporter: Sugan Naidoo AN Oribi Gorge farmer had a frightening experience when he was attacked and robbed at his home last Friday."Alaxandra Gritti (51) was alone at the time, at his home in Camro Estates, Oribi Gorge, when about 10 armed men gained entry to his property at about 6pm," said police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka."Once the men entered the house it is alleged that they started assaulting him. The men then demanded the safe keys and cash. After searching the house they found the keys to the safe, took firearms and cash," said Capt Mfeka. During the ordeal Mr Gritti had been hit several times with sticks and sustained severe head injuries. The robbers fled taking electronic appliances including laptops and cellphones, as well as passorts, firearms and cash. Mr Gritti was take to hospital by paramedics, where he received treatment. A joint search operation with farmers, Vispol (crime prevention) detectives and the SAPS K9 Unit was conducted but no arrests were made on the day. Police are searching for the 10 men. Paddock police are investigating only a house robbery case - not attempted murder. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7742283&sn=Detail&pid=4196895&Farmer-attacked-at-Oribi

Thornville KZN white woman 63 so badly burnt and tortured the paramedics burst out crying

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A 63-year-old farm-woman from a farm near Thornville, KZN (north of Howick) is in a critical condition at Netcare Hospital after she was 'burnt very seriously' and 'assaulted with a blunt weapon', reports Netcare911 spokesman Chris Botha. "She was stabilised at the scene and taken to a Netcare hospital for further treatment'. Reportedly she was so badly burnt with a clothing iron and assaulted that the paramedics burst out crying - Yet the KZN police spokesman colonel Jay Naicker merely said she was 'assaulted' - completely censoring out the horrific torture-ordeal she had endured... Chris Botha can be reached at http://www.netcare911.co.za/live/content.php?Category_ID=2263 -------------- Thornville: The SAPS in Thornville confirmed that they are seeking three black male attackers in which a 62-year-old woman was badly burnt and assaulted. She is in a critical condition in a Netcare hospital, confirmed SAPS colonel Jay Naicker. He said the woman was asleep when she heard a noise at the backdoor, went to investigate and was ambushed by three black males, who held her at knifepoint."They threatened to kill her and demanded cash.' 'The suspects assaulted her (NOTE:*THE POLICEMAN LEFT OUT THE DETAILS OF THE BURNS) and fled in the woman's car which was later found abandoned in Durban. It's not clear whether anything was even robbed from these reports. They are only investigating a case of housebreaking ----------- Chris Botha of Netcare 911 said the victim 'sustained very bad burn wounds and was assaulted". We stabilisied her at the scene and took her to a Netcare hospital'. http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/thornville-plaasaanval-polisie-op-soek-na-drie-verdagtes/

Brighton Beach KZN man gets bail: accused of owning huge number of pornographic images, case postponed to 6 Dec

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Brighton Beach man 59, accused of owning hundreds of thousands of child-pornography images, gets R5,000 bail, case postponed to 6 Dec: ------------------- 29 August journalist Mbali Mpofu: "A BRIGHTON Beach man (59) was granted R5,000 bail by the Durban Magistrates Court, accused of possessing "hundreds of thousands of images" of child pornography. (*He may not be identified yet because he has not been asked to plead to the charges, for which he was arrested in May). One of the witnesses in the case -- a young man in his 20s -- has lived with the accused since the age of eight. The young man has been seen in some of the images under investigation. And the female whistle-blower, a neighbour who shared the man's internet links and found the pictures in their shared documents folder, has since moved away from her premises, fearing for the safety of her son. --- The case has been postponed to 6 December, pending the outcome of the forensic report. The accused has not been asked to plead as yet, which is why he may not be identified yet. The man was arrested by Brighton Beach SAP on Monday, 27 May following information received from a female neighbour with whom he shared a wireless internet connection. -- According to the police, the neighbour was perusing through the shared documents folder when she came across the pornographic images. She took screen shots and presented them to the police, which subsequently led to his arrest. The man's computer equipment was seized, pending further investigation. Police believe the total number of images stored on his computer runs into hundreds of thousands. --- The man, who has been in custody for three months, was originally denied bail by the state. An incomplete forensic report has led to the state altering its stance on the bail application. Outstanding forensic evidence will take some two months to finalise. --- After the court heard affidavits from the accused and his brother, bail was granted at R5,000 on the condition that he does not contact state witnesses; he must report to Brighton Beach SAP once a week; and he is required to surrender his travel documents. One of witnesses, a young man in his 20s, has lived with the accused since the age of eight. The young man has been seen in some of the images under investigation. The whistle-blower has since moved away from her premises, fearing for the safety of her son. The case has been postponed to 6 December, pending the outcome of the forensic report. The accused has not been asked to plead as yet, which is why he may not be identified yet. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/south-durban/south-durban-news-general?oid=7748024&sn=Detail&pid=1171615&Child-porn-accused-gets-bail-----------

Race Row ? in Witbank over Afrikaner CPF-members' citizens arrest of self-admitted mountain bike thief Mr B D Vengelsamy

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Race row? in Witbank after Afrikaner CPF-members make citizens' arrest of self-admitted mountain-bike thief Mr B D Vengelsamy 29 August 2013 MIDDELBURG/WITBANK Gerhard Rheeder reports without providing any proof, that a 'race row' has erupted in the town after a rash of housebreakings had local resident fight back against the criminals in Witbank, something which, the journalist claims, also happened in nearby Middelburg. Albert Holtzhause of Hencom Autobody, a member of the local citizen-policing forum, was not yet asked to plead in the local Witbank court on charges that he had assaulted a self-admitted thief, Mr B D Vengelsamy, who had stolen a mountain-bike from his erf. The value of the mountain-bike is estimated at R4,000. The SAPS says after Mr Holtzhausen's release from overnight detention that 'several members of the CPF will have to be investigated as to their involvement in the citizens' arrest. No mention of 'racism' was contained in the police-statement. Holtzhausen said he was held in the police-cells Thursday night and granted bail of R1000 the next day. He identified the self-admitted mountain-bike thief as mr B D Vengelsamy and said he trapped him on his premises but the man fled. When Holtzhausen raised the CPF-alarm members captured the man and brought him back to Holtzhausen's house to wait for the SAPS to arrest him. The SAPS was slow to respond: they first attended another crime scene. What happened next is confusing as there are two versions of the event. Mr Vengelsamy's version is that Mr Holtzhausen had 'sicked dogs on the tied-up man; that he had 'tried to drown' Mr Vengelsamy in a swimming pool, and that he had 'beat him with planks." The SAPS claimed that upon their very late arrival after first attending to another crime-scene, "Mr Vengelsamy 'had bite and beating marks on his body and his hair was wet and full of grass'. It's not clear thus far where the charges of 'racism' were brought into this picture but the SAPS arrested both men. Mr Holtzhausen's version of events - backed up by members of the CPF who were present at the arrest - that Mr Vengelsamy had tried to flee and jumped across a wall, not knowing that the adjacent erf contained 'dangerous dogs'. "The dogs bit him and we (the members of the CPF present at the scene) brought him to safety. At no stage was he beaten or was any attempt made to drown him'. SAPS capt Eddie Hall said 'the involvement of several men in the CPF will have to be investigated because of their presence at the arrest of Mr Vengelsamy. We will have to investigate this matter thoroughly.' ------------------ http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/middelburg/middelburg-news-crime?oid=7747602&sn=Detail&pid=4979893&eMalahleni-GPF-lede-beskuldig-van-aanval-op-boef

Sandbaai, Hermanus man, 77 tied up, injured, attacked by two men and a woman: stole R78 cash

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HERMANUS: New report: A 77-year-old man was tied up in his house for several hours before his housekeeper found him the following day. On 12 August at about 22:30, the elderly man was in his house in 3rd Avenue in Sandbaai when two men and a woman entered his bedroom. According to Constable Mbongeni Mazuthu, spokesperson for the Hermanus SAPS, the robbers tied him up with an electrical cord and demanded cash. They fled the scene with a cellphone, bank cards and R78 in cash. No weapons were used in the robbery. The housekeeper called Safe Security when there was no response to her knocking on the door the following morning at 09:00. The man sustained minor injuries and was taken to Hermanus Hospital to receive medical treatment. A 25-year-old woman was arrested in connection with this house robbery and appeared in the Hermanus Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The case is being investigated by the Hermanus SAPS. http://www.hermanustimes.co.za/83602/news-details/man-tied-up-and-robbed

Two coloured men in court Sept2: Jochen Raedel, SA investments-advisor dies from pick-axe attack, Devon Valley farm, Stellenbosch

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Sept 2 2013 case in Stellenbosch magistrate's court: Two Cape-coloured males were arraigned in Stellenbosch, WC magistrate's court for the murder of German-born Jochen Rädel, 59, Aug 18 2013.Being charges with his murder are Morné Martin 20 and Ashwill Pietersen 27 said the SAPS. Their case was remanded for bail application to 2 September 2013. Both live in Devon Valley. ------- The murder is possibly drug-related said local residents: Also see: 'Drug-crazed gangs hold Western Cape communities hostage: pic story attached) http://www.worcesterstandard.com/77289/news-details/bendes-hou-dorp-gyselaar ------------- Die Burger Afrikaans daily writes that there had been breakin at the building site a day before the murder: and he was changing the locks of the house and also fetching a BBQ when he was attacked. Martin and Pietersen were questioned two days later and charged with the murder the following Thursday. Mr Rädel is survived by his wife Christiana, his son Kai and two sisters. http://www.dieburger.com/nuus/2013-08-24-twee-verdagtes-in-rdel-moord-vlugtig-voor --------------------- STELLENBOSCH. – The facial wounds and horrific injuries to his head were so terrible that they 'cannot be described with words,' said a family friend after the murder of investment-advisor Jochen Rädel, 59, bludgeoned at the building site of his new home on the farm Chimanimani in Devon Valley, Stellenbosch on August 18 2013. "I 've never seen anything like it: his face bruised and swollen. I could almost not look at it, said family friend Gerit Schaafsma. The Rädel family were renting a townhouse on the farm Le Verger next to Chmanimani while they were building their new house next door. SAPS capt Frederick van Wyk confirmed that two people were questioned at the site. Rädel was found Sunday afternoon by his sun Kai, 22, an honours-student in logistics at the University of Stellenbosch. Don Maxwell chairman of the Devon Valley farm association, said 'the people being questioned are serial-criminals who live in the region. "Devon valley has an extremely effective security system,' he reportedly said, expressing shock over the gruesome daytime murder of Mr Rädel. Seymour Pritchard, eienaar of the Clos Malvern vinyard, commented that 'the attackers are occasional tik users (a drug which causes a high level of aggression). There are breakins here but not those kind of attacks. Drugs are a problem in this area and should be addressed, he urged. http://www.dieburger.com/nuus/2013-08-21-sy-wonde-was-te-erg-vir-woorde ==================== SA investments Jochen Rädel 59, dies after pick-axe attack at a farm in Devon Valley, Stellenbosch where he was inspecting the building-site for his new family-home: --------------------------- August 19 2013 By Elbé van Heerden -- STELLENBOSCH - Devon Valley resident Jochen Rädel 59, an engineer who used to work at Siemens Telecommunications, and who had been at the building site of his new family home on a farm adjacent to the Le Verger hotel on a farm in the Devon Valley, Stellenbosch was critically injured at 14h00 when he was attacked by a person with a pick-axe. He was declared dead ('brain-dead') on Monday August 19 2013. His son discovered his badly injured dad when he went to investigate why his father had not returned on Sunday. The murdered man and his wife Christiane also lost their daughter Stefanie, 18 on 11 May 2007 in a car accident in Johannesburg, reported Eikestad Nuus. http://www.eikestadnuus.co.za/80656/news-details/brekende-nuus-man-breindood-ná-plaasaanval ----------------------------------- Jochen Rädel testified that his daughter's culpible homicide death in a car crash was 'pure murder' ------------------------------------ October 27 2009 By Nontobeko Mtshali -- "This is not culpable homicide; this is cold-blooded murder." Jochen Radel did not mince his words as he testified during the first day of the inquest into the death of his 18-year-old daughter Stefanie at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday. Stefanie died on May 19, 2007, eight days after a car crash in which her parents, Jochen and Christiane, were injured. Jochen said the car they collided with was travelling too fast. The accident happened at the intersection of Dorset and Chester streets minutes away from the Radels' Parktown North home. "Anyone who drives a car through suburbs at that speed has no conscience," said Jochen, referring to the driver of the other car, Mark Smith. "Besides causing a horrendous accident, he still had the audacity to sue my wife for his car damage, which amounts to R170,000."Smith's legal representative, Aad Den Hartog, said that according to Smith, Christiane did not stop at the stop street as she should have.Despite not remembering what had happened during the accident, Christiane said she always stopped at that intersection.Two independent experts, enlisted by the Radels, estimated that the BMW was doing between 100 and 120km/h in a 60km/h zone. Mark Lottering, a Joburg metro traffic officer who attended the accident scene, said the BMW came to a standstill 25 metres from the point of impact. The Radels' car was struck from the right-hand side and landed 18.8m from the intersection.Lottering said the Radels' Chevrolet had "collided with a car that had right of way".The Radels' legal representative, Barry Roux, asked Lottering if the BMW had been speeding, as indicated by the cars' sideways movements.Speed was a contributing factor," said Lottering. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/car-smash-was-cold-blooded-murder-1.462786 Owner, Jochen Radel & Associates Jochen Radel & Associates cc previous Siemens Telecommunications Education Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jochen-raedel/10/466/3b8

Suspect in murder of accountant Andrea Venter, 26 in May 2011 at Fourways, arrested in Brazil

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Murder-suspect Gerhard Jansen Van Vuuren arrested in Brazil: Jansen Van Vuuren was being sought for allegedly killing accountant Andrea Venter, 26, in May 2011 at her apartment in Fourways, Johannesburg, allegedly first hitting her with a fist-iron and then stabbed to death with a knife. PICTURE: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=711765048850043&set=a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416&type=1&theater CONFIRMED BY SAPS.gov.za

Farmer Tattie Schoeman 49, nephew Marius Bester 24 bludgeoned, survive attack by 4-5 black males.: nothing robbed

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Bothaville farmer Tattie Schoeman 49 and nephew Marius Bester 24 attacked in Rooidam farm house by 4 or 5 black male attackers. -------------------------- Bothaville farmer Tattie Schoeman and farm-manager survive attack by five blackmales: SAPS ------------ Aug 28 2013 - Bloemfontein - Die Vrystaatse polisie is steeds op soek na vyf mans wat in die vroeë oggendure ‘n boer van Bothaville en sy voorman aangeval en beroof het. Polisiewoordvoerder Stephen Thakeng sê die plaaseienaar, 48-jarige Tattie Schoeman is saam met sy plaasbestuurder - wie se identiteit in hierdie stadium onbekend is - deur die mans vasgebind, nadat hulle geld en vuurwapens geëis het.Thakeng sê die mans het toegang deur ‘n kombuisvenster gekry en het hierna twee jaggewere gesteel. Thakeng sê Schoeman se twee honde is kort voor die aanval vergiftig. http://www.saps.gov.za ----------------- Tom de Wet Volksblad: Donderdag 29 Augustus 2013 BOTHAVILLE. – “Die Here het ons die genade gegee om nog ’n dag te kan leef. Sonder my Here sou ek nie nou met jou gepraat het nie. Ek getuig dit.” Dié roerende woorde is dié van Tattie Schoeman (49) wat Woensdagoggend saam met sy neef Marius Bester (24) in hul huis op die plaas Rooidam oorval is. Die inbrekers, moontlik vier of vyf, het die elektriese omheining oopgeknip en onderdeur gekruip. Hulle het daarna diefwering oopgebreek en deur ’n venster geklim. Twee honde is vergiftig. Die gewapende inbrekers het eers vir Bester in sy kamer oorval, hom met ’n pistool oor die kop geslaan, vasgemaak en uitgevra oor hoeveel mense in die huis is. Die inbrekers is daarna na Schoeman se kamer waar hulle hom ook oorval, vasgemaak en toe met ’n bobbejaansleutel aangerand het. Hulle het geld geëis, maar kon niks kry nie. Hulle het daarna die vuurwapenkluis se sleutel in die hande gekry en ’n geweer en rewolwer gebuit. Die twee mans is vasgebind agtergelaat terwyl die inbrekers weggekom het. “Die absolute magteloosheid wat jy voel as jy daar vasgebind lê, is moeilik om te beskryf. Dit is donker, jy weet nie hoe laat dit is nie en jy kan niks doen om los te kom nie.” Schoeman sê hy voel magteloos ná dié gebeure. Al die sekuriteitsmaatreëls het die aanvallers nie uitgehou nie. Werkers op die plaas het die oggend onraad vermoed toe daar nie beweging by die huis is nie. Hulle het ook die oop venster gesien. Gustav Labuschagne, een van die plaasbestuurders, het Schoeman en Bester teen 07:30 bevry. Konst. Kethabile Mofokeng, polisiewoordvoerder, sê niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie en die polisie soek na vier of vyf verdagtes. --------------- http://www.volksblad.com/nuus/2013-08-29-boer-neef-op-plaas-oorval

SA protestors sing Shoot the Jew instead of Shoot the Boer at Wits concert by saxophonist Daniel Zamir

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South African protesters sing “Shoot the Jew” instead of “Shoot the Boer” at concert of saxophonist Daniel Zamir August 29, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine: " We’ve discussed “Shoot the Boer” before. It’s one of those cheerful anti-Apartheid songs about shooting white people. Now it’s been narrowed down in its specificity by the BDS pro-terrorist crowd. Its coordinator Muhammed Desai says 'anti-semitism played no role in our protest', telling 'Wits Vuvuzela'that 'the whole idea of anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion. The concert at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa featuring Israeli saxophonist Daniel Zamir turned ugly Wednesday night when members of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) group began to sing, “dubula e juda” (“shoot the Jew”) as concert attendees were entering the music hall, according to Wits Vuvuzela, a paper affiliated with the university. " Wits Vuvuzela" student publication, reported that BDS protestors also chanted “there is no such thing as Israel” and “Israel apartheid.” Despite the hateful rhetoric, Muhammed Desai, coordinator of BDS South Africa, rejected the notion that anti-Semitism played a role in the group’s protest, telling Wits Vuvuzela that “the whole idea [of] anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion.” Writes Greenfield in Front Page Magazine: "Clearly. I’m not sure what the right proportion for inciting the murder of Jews would be. Based on what most supporters of terrorism think, any criticism of that sort of thing is out of proportion." http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/south-african-anti-israel-bds-protesters-sing-shoot-the-jew-instead-of-shoot-the-boer/ ------------------- BACKGROUND BDS ('Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions") South Africa facebook announced its protest meeting as follows:"Following audio evidence of ethnic racism and profiling by pro-Israeli organisations, of an event scheduled to take place at Wits on Wednesday 28 August 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/kxjduyl); We, the Wits University Palestine Solidarity Committee, BDS South Africa and Concerned Wits University Staff and Students hereby call on all peace-loving members of the public to join us in a non-violent and peaceful protest that will be held at Wits University's Great Hall in Johannesburg from 18h30 outside of the event. The protest will be against the racism of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their call for a boycott of Israel until Israel meets its obligations under international law. If possible, please dress in black Contact telephone: 0834530528 / 084219988 "About BDS: "A South African group advancing and working with the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel movement BDS South Africa was founded in 2010. At the time the larger global BDS movement was on the rise internationally but there was no specific South African group focusing solely on the boycott of Israel. We fulfill this role.BDS South Africa employs full-time staff members but mostly relies on a large and extensive group of volunteers. An advisory board, with respective experts, has also been set up to provide oversight and guide to the organization.Since its establishment BDS South Africa has facilitated numerous campaigns, including: the University of Johannesburg (UJ) academic boycott campaign which successfully resulted in UJ terminating its institutional ties with Israel (www.ujpetition.com); the South African Artists Against Apartheid cultural boycott campaign (www.southafricanartistsagainstapartheid.com); and, the annual Israeli Apartheid Week – a nationwide awareness raising initiative at over 15 South African universities and in more than 20 cities and towns. telephone +27 11 492 2414 - administrator@bdssouthafrica.com - http://www.bdssouthafrica.com - http://www.twitter.com/bdssouthafrica - http://www.facebook.com/bdssouthafrica https://www.facebook.com/bdssouthafrica - ---------------------------------------- Wits Vuvuzela article: "BDS protests saxophonist Daniel Zamir concert at Wits, sing "Shoot The Jew" (Dubula e juda)" (*The article produced by student-journalists, leaves unexplained what 'BDS' stands for) Daniel Zamir concert at Wits -- by Emelia Motsai - emelia@witsvuvuzela.com - and Nokuthula Manyathi - photos Nokuthula Manyathi by Emelia Motsai and Nokuthula Manyathi - August 29, 2013 Aug 29 2013; "Both concert organisers and protesters felt like winners after the Daniel Zamir concert that was held at Wits University last night. Muhammed Desai, coordinator of BDS South Africa, said the protest had been effective because they were able to make those attending the concert “uncomfortable”. “I am an alumnus of this university, they are the ones that are outsiders here, and we want them to feel like outsiders,” said Desai. “You have blood on your hands.You think you can use our university to cleanse your image.”He said because the organisers had to send out an urgent message to those attending the concert to tell them how to get in, which entrances to use and which to avoid is also a sign of victory – “already it shows that they are tense and they are stressed because SA is becoming so difficult for pro-Israeli organisations to operate [in].” But the organisers also felt that the night was a success. The concert was held as the university’s way of making up for the one that was disrupted in March. The president of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), Zev Krengel said Wits had lived up to its promise. : “The team was great. I could not fault Wits in anyway.” Krengel said the "protesters were peaceful apart from the group that moved into the corridor and which he described as aggressive". At first the protesters were singing softly but as the night went on they sang and chanted loudly. The protesters confronted and provoked those who came for the concert. “You have the blood of Palestine children on your jersey,” shouted a protester to a woman who was walking in to the concert area. “ You have blood on your hands. You think you can use our university to cleanse your image,” said another protester. Most of the people there to attend the concert passed by the protesters quickly pretending not to notice anything but not all of them. Some passed by the protesters holding up Israel scarves and flags. “Fuck you!” said a concert attendee to a protester. “Wits University is my University, I have two degrees at Wits,” said another person attending the concert -- replying to a protester who had shouted that they "were not welcomed at Wits". Another one gave the protesters the middle finger. Some had to be subdued by those walking with them. At some point the protesters threw papers at concert attendees as they arrived. They also sang, “dubula e juda” (“shoot the Jew”), and chanted “there is no such thing as Israel” and “Israel apartheid” as the concert attendees were coming in. Quote: Desai: "Just like you would say 'Kill the Boer' at funerals during the eighties it was a way of identifying with the apartheid-regime' --- Desai said many African people in South Africa when using the word “Jews” meant it in the same way they would have during the eighties. “Just like you would say kill the Boer at funeral during the eighties it wasn’t about killing white people, it was used as a way of identifying with the apartheid regime”. NO JEWS ARE BEING HARMED BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITIC IMPULSES: He (Desai) said "there was no evidence of Jews being harmed because of anti-Semitic impulses, – “the whole idea anti-Semitism is blown out of proportion”. He said if there were anti-Semitic sentiments they would flatly challenge it even if it came from within their protest. He said there a peaceful process going on and South Africans had to encourage that. http://witsvuvuzela.com/2013/08/29/with-gallery-audio-bds-protests-daniel-zamir-concert-at-wits/ Ari Kruger, who attended the concert said the the term “apartheid” freely used just to evoke enthusiasm and sensitivity among South Africans: “Look at their supporters, the Cosatu guys, I’ve spoken to them on many occasions, they actually don’t have the facts, they are being told, ‘come to the function, apartheid, free Palestine, South Africa’s history is Palestinian reality’ which is actually not true.” Krengel challenged the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) to have a joint concert with them, to “bring together a Palestine musician and an Israeli one.” Dr Shireen Ally, a Wits lecturer who was part of a group that represented Wits staff and students, said the university refused them the right to have a silent protest and move into the Great Hall foyer. Ally said they would be seeking legal advice because the university had “infringed” on their rights to protest. Deputy vice-chancellor Tawana Kupe said "the university had given permission for a silent protest, just not permission to be in the foyer which the protesters had not asked for anyway." http://witsvuvuzela.com/2013/08/29/with-gallery-audio-bds-protests-daniel-zamir-concert-at-wits/#comment-12463

Murray & Roberts construction workers injured, hospitalised in Rivonia attack: CE Henry Laas

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Murray & Roberts CE Henry Laas said in a press statement in Johannesburg on August 28 2013 that "Murray & Roberts staff, working on a construction site in Rivonia on Monday, were attacked by people arriving in three buses, breaking into the site, and harassing the company’s staff. Several of the company’s people had to be hospitalised." He did not provide further details. The comment was contained in his statement in which he announced that "Labour unrest & strikes caused R350m losses to Murray & Roberts in the 2013 financial year. He said:"The deteriorating labour situation in South Africa was a “big problem”, and that he was concerned about the spate of strikes at the Medupi power station construction project -- (only seven months in the 2013 financial year were actually worked) -- as well as the current general strike in the local construction industry. He said it was “very difficult” to build projects in South Africa in the current labour environment “safely, on time and on budget”. ------------------------------ Staff hospitalised after attack at work by people who arrived in 3 buses: Monday: August 26 2013: --- Murray & Roberts CE Henry Laas said in a press statement in Johannesburg on August 28 2013 that "Murray & Roberts staff, working on a construction site in Rivonia on Monday, were attacked by people arriving in three buses, breaking into the site, and harassing the company’s staff. Several of the company’s people had to be hospitalised." --- Murray & Roberts group financial director Cobus Bester added that workers on the Medupi site worked only seven out of the 12 months in the 2013 financial year. --- “There is absolutely no way you can make money if you don’t work five out of 12 months.” 'SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS ASSUME MORE RIGHTS THAN SHOULD BE THE CASE FOR LABOUR BODIES: AND GOVERNMENT CANNOT CONTROL THE LABOUR ENVIRONMENT:' Laas said he had the feeling that trade unions in South Africa were assuming more rights than should be the case for labour bodies. He also believed it was difficult for government to exercise control in the labour environment, as the trade unions formed a big part of its support base, and even more so now that the 2014 elections loomed large. ---- Laas said there was not justification for demands of 40% pay increases in an environment where inflation reached 6%. --- Murray & Roberts on Thursday reported that revenue for the financial year ended June 30 increased by R3-billion to R34.6-billion over the previous year, with the group swinging from a loss of R358-million to an operating profit of R1.7-billion. www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/murray-roberts-takes-r350m-strike-knock-2013-08-29

Man and woman shot at Richmond KZN farm: both critical with gunshot wounds. SAPS opens attempted murder cases

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A Man and a woman were shot and critically injured pm a Richmond, KZN farm on 30 August, reports Philip Bruwer. "They have both been admitted in critical condition to hospital after they were shot at around 02h00 Friday morning at the Honeywood farm near Richmond. SAPS colonel Jay Naicker confirmed to Maroela Media that 'information about the incident still is scarce'The woman in her thirties was apparently shot by a man inside the house and the man also was shot, with a firearm still found in his hands.' Netcare911's Chris Botha,confirmed that both patients were stabilised at the crime-scene and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. It is confirmed that the Richmond SAPS has opened a case of attempted murder and possession of an illegal firearm. Nothing was said about anybody having been arrested. The names of the victims were not made known as yet. http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/man-vrou-op-richmond-plaas-geskiet/ ------------------

Shaun Terblanche attacked on farm near Kruger airport: shoots dead one attacker: 2 injured

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Shaun Terblanche attacked on his farm near Kruger Mpumalanga international airport, White River: Mr Terblanche shoots one armed attacker dead; 2 captured WITRIVIER – ‘n Huisbraak naby die Kruger Mpumalanga Internasionale Lughawe het Maandag erg skeefgeloop vir drie vermeende rowers. ‘n Man is Maandag doodgeskiet en ‘n tweede is gearresteer na ‘n gepoogde inbraak op ‘n plaas naby die KMIL. Volgens die woordvoerder van die SAP, Sersant Gerald Sidibe, was drie mans om ongeveer 20:00 deur ‘n familielid van die eienaar gesteur tydens die drie se inbraak by ‘n plaashuis. Die Nelspruitse blitspatrollie, Witrivier se SAPS en die Witrivierse J&M sekuriteit het op die alarm gereageer. Meneer Shaun Terblanche van J&M Sekuriteit het gesê dat een van die rowers het ‘n vuurwapen op die familielid gerig toe dié terugvuur en die rower noodlottig wond. Nog ‘n verdagte het van die toneel gevlug en ‘n derde is later onder ‘n bed in die woning gekry. Kaptein Pieter Smit, bevelvoerder van die Nelspruitse blitspatrollie het bevestig dat die rowers toegang tot die huis verkry het deur ‘n gebreekte ruit. ‘n Windbuks is ook op die toneel gekry. Daar word vermoed dat dieselfde groep ook verantwoordelik was vir ‘n inbraak op ‘n naburige eiendom wat vroeë die aand plaasgevind het. Gesteelde goedere wat uit elektroniese uitrusting bestaan het is in die veld naby die toneel gevind. Die verdagte het Woensdag voor die magistraatshof verskyn op aanklag van twee sake van huisbraak, waarna die saak tot 4 September uitgestel is vir ‘n borgaansoek. http://bmarksa.org/nuus/huisbraak-loop-skeef-vir-inbrekers/

Two men questioned for rape-murder of disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60 -Margate KZN

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Murder suspects questioned about murder of Janet van der Walt 66 at Margate home Aug 6 2013 -------------------------- 28 August 2013Sugan Naidoo MARGATE police are questioning two men in connection with the murder of Janet van der Walt (60) at her home in Margate Extension Three on August 6. The two men, believed to be in their 30s, were arrested in Margate recently. Mrs van der Walt and her sister were at home at around 10.30pm when they heard the dogs barking. Mrs van der Walt went outside to investigate. Her sister heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on. She found Mrs van der Walt lying outside with three stab wounds in the neck. She locked herself inside and called the police. Police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka confirmed that police have taken two men in for questioning. "It is alleged that the two suspects had previously been charged for assault, kidnapping and robbery," he said. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7741782&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Update--Murder-suspects-questioned ---------------- The horrific murder of Mrs Janet van der Walt - 8 August 2013 SUGAN NAIDOO A WOMAN was murdered at her house in Margate Extension Three on Tuesday this week. The attacker, who is still on the run, stabbed the victim three times in the neck before fleeing, taking only a cellphone.Janet van der Walt's home in Margate Extension Three.According to a police report, Janet van der Walt (60), from Van Zyl Road was at home with her sister and they were asleep. "At around 10.30pm, Mrs van der Walt heard the dogs barking outside," said police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka."She went outside to investigate. Her sister then heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on, only to find her sister lying outside the house, half-naked. She then saw a man and locked herself inside and called the police," said Capt Mfeka.Mrs van der Walt's body was found with three wounds on her neck and there were some bruises on her body. Police also suspect that she might have been raped. The intruder gained entry to her property by jumping over the fence.Yesterday (Wednesday) Mrs van der Walt's nephew, Walter Green, described his aunt as a 'lovely person'. "She was always caring and worrying about everyone's well being. She never saw colour as a problem. She will be sorely missed by all of her friends and family," said Mr Green.Mr Green added that his aunt was on the verge of selling her house and it was believed that she was to sign the papers yesterday (Wednesday) and was to relocate to Johannesburg. She is survived by her only daughter, who lives in Johannesburg. No arrest have been made. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7686007&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Margate-woman--60--murdered --------------- Disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60, dragged from nursing home, raped and strangled to death: Margate August 8, 2013 A 60-year-old former auditor was raped and killed outside her home in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. The English-language version differs vastly from the Afrikaans-language one. Mrs Van der Walt was physically dragged from her home while her elderly sister frantically tried to drag her back in. The monster who dragged Mrs van der Walt outside the nursing home then raped her and strangled her to death while raping her. Following is the English language version: “The victim was stabbed with a sharp object in the neck and died,” police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka told the Afrikaans daily.Janetta Lorraine van der Walt, a former auditor for the SA Revenue Services in Durban, Springs and Alberton on Johannesburg’s East Rand, was raped and killed on Tuesday evening. She and her sister were watching television when she went to investigate a noise outside. Her sister witnessed her being attacked and called for help. Mfeka warned people "not to go outside when they hear strange noises. Please rather call the police or press your panic button. Do not go outside,” he said. – Sapa - See more at: http://praag.org/?p=8736#sthash.d2LWuo5s.dpuf ----------------- THE ENTIRE STORY IN AFRIKAANS: "Verkrag ná kreet om hulp - Vrou uit aftreehuis gesleep ’n Voormalige ouditeur wat weens heupprobleme skaars kon loop, is eergisteraand in haar aftreehuis in Margate verkrag, gewurg en met ’n mes in die bors doodgesteek. Janetta Lorraine van der Walt (60), wat voorheen vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens in Durban, Springs en Alberton gewerk het, is dood nadat haar suster, Koekie Stander (69), vergeefs probeer het om haar binnetoe te sleep om haar teen die aanvaller te beskerm. Die twee susters het in die huis in Van Zylstraat 7, uitbreiding 3, van die dorp aan die KwaZulu-Natalse Suidkus, TV gekyk toe die honde geblaf het. Van der Walt het gaan kyk wat aangaan. Volgens Walter Green, hul kleinneef, het Stander gehoor hoe Van der Walt roep: “Koekie, help my asseblief!” Stander het buitentoe gekyk en gesien ’n man verkrag haar suster. Die man het verdwyn toe hy besef hulp is op pad. Van der Walt, wat in die bors gesteek is, het regop gesit en vir haar foon gevra om hulp te ontbied. Stander het haar aan die arms gegryp om haar binnetoe te sleep, maar die verkragter het teruggekom en Van der Walt se bene begin trek. Stander het haar greep verloor, binnetoe gehardloop en die deur toegeslaan.Die selfoon wat sy saam met haar buitentoe geneem het, het daar agtergebly. Die verkragter het toe sy broek afgeruk en sy slagoffer verder verkrag.Volgens Green het Van der Walt geskreeu. Die man het haar toe gewurg terwyl hy haar verkrag. “Koeki het in die huis gebly en haar seun in Kaapstad gebel.“Dit was die enigste nommer waaraan sy kon dink. Toe het hy my suster in Durban gebel wat my in Margate gebel het,” het Green gesê. Hy het vyf minute later by die huis aangekom.“Iemand het die polisie gebel, want hulle was voor my daar.”Volgens Green het Stander die verkragter as klein gebou en jonk beskryf en het hy na alkohol geruik. “Watter soort mens doen dit aan twee ou vroue? En al waarmee hy weg is, is ’n selfoon.“Waarheen is die wêreld op pad?” Van der Walt se man is vier maande gelede dood en haar seun 23 jaar gelede in ’n ongeluk.Sy word oorleef deur ’n aangenome dogter. Green het haar as ’n familie-georiënteerde mens beskryf – “die familiekoerant” wat daarvan gehou het om naaldwerk te doen en skoliere met skoolwerk te help. “Sy was baie vriendelik. Sy het met almal oor die weg gekom.”Stander is uiters getraumatiseer, het Green gesê. “Sy sal nie weer dieselfde wees nie.”Die moordtoneel was volgens hom uiters grusaam. Kapt. Gerald Mfeka, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê speurders van Margate ondersoek ’n verkragting-en-moordsaak. “Die slagoffer is met ’n skerp voorwerp in die nek gesteek en is as gevolg daarvan dood.” Mfeka het mense gewaarsku om nie uit te gaan as hulle vreemde geluide hoor nie. “Bel asseblief die polisie of druk jou noodknoppie. Moenie buitentoe gaan nie.”"
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