Sunday Rapist says sorry for cheating

Johannesburg - Jaco Steyn, dubbed the Sunday Rapist, said on Thursday the forgiveness he asked for in a statement was for cheating on his wife.

He was testifying in the South Gauteng High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton.

Prosecutor Carina Coetzee was questioning him on an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp two days after he handed himself over in October 2011.

In it he admitted to phoning his wife, her mother, a pastor, and a psychologist and asking for forgiveness.

In these phone calls he referred to himself as a "monster" and said he wanted to stop.

However, he maintained this was because he cheated on his wife with prostitutes and other women, and because of his addiction to pornography.

He also wanted to make it right with God.

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18.

The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him on Monday.

Asked by Coetzee if he was not emotional at being charged for the murder of a child, he answered: "It was of concern to me, but not so emotional".

Coetzee asked Steyn why he attempted suicide before handing himself over to police.

"I'd rather die before I'd be locked up again. And with the uncertainty because of my previous conviction, and at that stage I was emotional," Steyn said.

Go on with your life

Earlier on Thursday he testified he wanted to hire a prostitute the morning of de Waal's murder.

"I went looking for a good time... I went to find a prostitute... to get something I don't get at home."

When Judge Sita Kolbe asked further about this alibi, he said it was "very early" in the morning.

Steyn was testifying on what police told him prior to an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp. He said he admitted to crimes he did not commit because he had a previous conviction.

"Take the punch... because you won't get out of this... go on with your life... this is the easy way out for you," he said police told him.

He said investigating officer Peet du Toit briefed him on what to say before making the statement to the magistrate.

"I was told I was young. Plead guilty and go on," a calm Steyn told the court.

Coetzee asked Steyn how he could have found police actions against him threatening.

"They scared me into talking," was his answer.

Kolbe ruled the incriminating statement would be admitted into evidence.

"The confession is admitted into evidence at this stage. This ruling may be revisited at a later stage."

She would give the reason for her ruling later.

De Waal's mother Shereen told reporters she hoped her daughter would become an icon. She said attending court proceedings this week had been difficult.

"I am on medication. My nerves are shot, but I have to be here for my daughter. I have to be here for Louise."

The part of the trial involving De Waal would conclude on Friday with testimony from her sister Jessica.

Louise de Waal's Sister Testifies

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Johannesburg - The sister of murdered teenager Louise de Waal briefly took the stand in the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton, on Friday.

Jessica du Toit was questioned by prosecutor Carina Coetzee on her sister's make of phone and telephone number. She confirmed De Waal owned a Blackberry.

She was asked whether she tried to phone her sister on the day Louise was kidnapped on October 12 2011.

"Yes, the whole day. Her phone was off," Du Toit said.

She was testifying in the murder trail of Johannes Jacobus Steyn, dubbed the "Sunday Rapist".

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

On Thursday, Steyn was questioned by prosecutor Carina Coetzee about an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp, two days after he handed himself to authorities in October 2011.

In it he admitted to phoning his wife, her mother, a pastor and a psychologist, and asking for forgiveness for cheating on his wife.

He pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him. The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18.

"You will suffer!"

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A 13-year-old alleged victim of Johannes Jacobus Steyn, dubbed the "Sunday Rapist", testified on Friday in the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton.

"A man came from behind and grabbed me around my body and pushed a gun against my head," the girl said.

The girl was testifying in camera, as an order was given to protect her identity.

"I started screaming. He pushed me into the car... He pushed me under the dashboard," the emotional girl said.

She described how she tried to get out of the car, but it was locked.

"As jy so aanhou gaan jy kak suster (if you keep behaving like this you will suffer sister)," he told her, she testified.

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

He pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him. The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18. 

Rugsak netjies op bakkie gepak

'Sak netjies op bakkie gepak'

Hof hoor hoe boeke, lyk gekry is

Soos gesien in Beeld Woensdag, 25 Julie 2012

“Jaco Steyn!” het die vermoorde Louise de Waal, Shireen, gister vanuit die openbare galery van die hoofgeregshof in Johannesburg na die beweerde “Sondag-verkragter” geroep.

Johannes Jacobus Steyn (36) het nie gereageer nie en met sy kop vooroorgebuig in die beskuldigdebank bly sit terwyl hy gewag het dat die regter na die teepouse terugkom.

“Ek wil hê hy moet vir my kyk. Hy het my dogter vermoor,” het De Waal aan familielede by haar gesê.

'n Berader en familielede het De Waal to berading gebring en sy het nie weer na Steyn geroep nie.

Die familie het die afgelope twee dae wit strikkies en borsspelde met Louise se gesig daarop gedra.

Steyn staan in die hoofgeregshof, wat by Palm Ridge landdroshof in Thokoza aan die Oos-Rand sit, tereg op 37 aanklagte, waaronder die ontvoering en vekragting van en moord op Louise.

Sy is op 12 Oktober verlede jaar ontvoer toe sy in Roodepoort saam met 'n vriendin skool toe gestap het. Haar verbrande lyk is later dié dag in die Magaliesburg-omgewing gevind.

Steyn het eergister skuld ontken op twee aanklagte van moord, 11 van verkragting, tien van onsedelike aanranding, twee van aanranding, tien van ontvoering en een van poging tot ontvoering.

Ao. Riaan Jooste van die Florida-polisie kantoor het gister getuig hy het die dag van die ontvoering 'n anonieme oproep van 'n vrou gekry wat gesê het sy het die identikit van Louise se vermeende ontvoerder op tv gesien en herken die man.

Die identikit is saamgestel met die hulp van die vriendin wat gesien het hoe Louise ontvoer word.

“Sy het my die naam Jaco Steyn gegee,” het Jooste gesê.

Jooste het Steyn se adres op die polisie se stelsel opgespoor omdat hy glo vroeër 'n klag by 'n polisiekantoor ingedien het.

Ao. Riaan Jooste het getuig hy het by dié adres 'n silwer bakkie aangetref soos wat glo in die ontvoering gebruik is.

Agter op die bakkie het hy 'n toegeknoopte swart vullissak gevind waarin 'n pienk-en-grys skoolrugsak was. In die rugsak was daar handboeke meat die naam Louise de Waal op.

Hy het gesê dit is onwaarskynlik dat dié sak oor die heining in die bakkie gegooi kon gewees het aangesien dit netjies in 'n ry saam met die twee ander sakke gepak was.

Jeanette Ferreira en haar broer, Theunis, het getuig hulle het op 12 Oktober op 'n verbrande lyk op hul plaas in die Magaliesburg-omgewing afgekom.

“Die lyk was so erg gebrand, ek kon net 'n naeltjiering en oorbelle eien,” het kapt. Martin Smith tot die ooglopende ontsteltenis van Louise se familie in die openbare galery gesê.

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Random thoughts

By RHH Almie Naudé (Himself) — 


Isn't it then to love that we owe our existence,
our existence in this fictional not factional hemisphere we are trapped in,

as lab rats we try without success to escape

but yet we give up before we exit from the cage we find ourselves in,

inevitably waiting for the passing of time to teach us the ways of life

and showing us the region where we can dare breathe without being crucified?

So called friends lurk in the dark, waiting for you to make a mistake.

And the darkness of the devil prevails over our logic mind set.

We must conquer this intoxicating villain with power and might,

teaching it the correct way,

otherwise we will be as a corpse suffocated by the fumes of what used to be

and the future that awaits us will be dark.

Be persistent for it is the only power and authority you have.

Live, Love, Learn and Long for the better which you can change in the wink of your eye!

I once believed that love was but a feeling,

a phase you go through,

which with the passing of time fails to exist,

but then I was proven wrong

with my heart being ripped out of its safe hemisphere,

were it discovered to trust, and being trod upon.

With the falling of autumn I discovered your true colors

and it happened just in time, before you could trod on my heart again

you were no longer mine.

The privilege of being mine taken away from you

as you chose another above me,

tricking me into believing that once upon a time you actually loved me.

Good news for me and sad news for you

is that I found someone who actually loves me,

I prayed for her and she was sent to cross my path.

Never would I thought that she would be my lover

but the element of surprise still reigns in this sacred atmosphere,

hoping this time will be different,

giving her the kiss of promise,

like only I know how

shooting down the old memories.

Yeah I cried through the lonely hours,

but the tears only made me stronger.

So here I am

and I have what I desired most,

to give love and to get some back.  

Necklacing

Just for interests sake — Necklacing is the practice of summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tyre, filled with petrol, around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. The victim may take up to 20 minutes to die, suffering severe burns in the process.  

In South Africa

The practice became a common method of lethal lynching during disturbances in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. The first recorded instance took place in Uitenhage on 23 March 1985 when African National Congress (ANC) supporters killed a councillor who was accused of being a collaborator.^[1]

Necklacing "sentences" were sometimes handed down against alleged criminals by "people's courts" established in black townships as a means of enforcing their own judicial system. Necklacing was also used to punish members of the black community who were perceived as collaborators with the government. These included black policemen, town councillors and others, as well as their relatives and associates. The practice was often carried out in the name of the ANC, and Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisonedNelson Mandela and a senior member of the ANC, even made statements that endorsed its use.^[2] The ANC officially condemned the practice.^[3]

The first victim of necklacing, according to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was a young girl, Maki Skosana, in July 1985.^[4]

“

Moloko said her sister was burned to death with a tyre around her neck while attending the funeral of one of the youths. Her body had been scorched by fire and some broken pieces of glass had been inserted into her vagina, Moloko told the committee. Moloko added that a big rock had been thrown on her face after she had been killed.[5]

”

Photojournalist Kevin Carter was the first to photograph a public execution by necklacing in South Africa in the mid-1980s. He later spoke of the images

“

I was appalled at what they were doing. I was appalled at what I was doing. But then people started talking about those pictures... then I felt that maybe my actions hadn't been at all bad. Being a witness to something this horrible wasn't necessarily such a bad thing to do.[6]

”

He went on to say:

“

After having seen so many necklacings on the news, it occurs to me that either many others were being performed (off camera as it were) and this was just the tip of the iceberg, or that the presence of the camera completed the last requirement, and acted as a catalyst in this terrible reaction. The strong message that was being sent, was only meaningful if it were carried by the media. It was not more about the warning (others) than about causing one person pain. The question that haunts me is 'would those people have been necklaced, if there was no media coverage?'

”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu once famously saved a near victim of necklacing when he rushed into a large gathered crowd and threw his arms around a man accused of being a police informant, who was about to be killed. Tutu's actions, which were caught on film,^{[citation needed]} caused the crowd to release the man.

Necklacing returned to South Africa in 2008 when people turned against immigrants from the rest of Africa. The influx of immigrants led to violence, looting, and murder in some of South Africa’s poorest areas; this violence included necklace lynching.^[7] This raised concerns that the latent practice might return once more as a form of public protest in the wake of service delivery failures by the rulingAfrican National Congress (ANC).^[8]

Some commentators have noted that the practice of necklacing served to escalate the levels of violence during the township wars of the 1980s and early 1990s as security force members became brutalized and afraid that they might fall victim to the practice.^[9]

[edit]In other countries

This practice of lynching is found in the Caribbean country of Haiti. It was prominently used against supporters of Jean-Claude Duvalier's dictatorship at the beginning of the democratic transition, from 1986 to 1990.^{[citation needed]} There were about 45 or so at the close of 2010, including about 40 in Grand Anse department.^[10]

In the early 1990s, university students in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire were plagued by burglars stealing from their dorms. The students took matters into their own hands by capturing the thieves, and then murdered them by placing tyres around their necks and setting the tyres on fire. Ivorian police, powerless to stop these necklacings, could do nothing but stand by and watch.^[11]

In 2006, at least one person died in Nigeria by necklacing in the deadly Muslim protests over satirical cartoon drawings ofMuhammad.^[12]

In India, necklacing has been used in communal riots, most notably in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots which followed the assassination ofIndira Gandhi.^[13]

The practice is widely used by drug-dealers in Brazil, where it's called microondas (an allusion to the microwave oven).^[14]

Necklacing was also widely used in the armed insurrection led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in Sri Lanka. A graphic description of one such necklacing appears in the book The Island of Blood by journalist Anita Pratap.

[edit]In popular culture

The character Armadillo Quintero from the TV series The Shield uses necklacing to kill his opposition gang members while consolidating his drug trade in the fictional Farmington district of Los Angeles. In an episode of the Canadian series Blue Murder, two of the detectives had to investigate two cases of necklacing related to diamond and drug smuggling. In an episode of the Canadian/South African sci-fi series Charlie Jade, executives from Vexcor threaten Charlie's friend Karl with necklacing if he does not give them information. Incidentally, this scene takes place in Cape Town. In the opening scene of the film Bopha an African is necklaced by a mob of other Africans, although the scene is supposed to occur in 1980; it therefore predates the year when actual necklacings began, which was 1985. In the film Elite Squad, a member of an NGO is executed in this way in a Rio de Janeiro favela(slum). In the film Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis's sniper shoots a man who is in the process of necklacing a man in the name of ethnic cleansing. He is referred to as "the Zippo man" because of the "Zippo" lighter he was brandishing. In the 2008 British horror film Eden Lake a pre-teen wannabe gang member is necklaced as a severe punishment. In 2009, BBC crime drama Silent Witness incorporated the practice of necklacing into a storyline surrounding a prostitution ring in South Africa. The American band The Mars Volta reference the practice in their song "Teflon." In the 2010 video game Fallout New Vegas, necklacing is used by one faction after it raids a town. As well it is shown in the 2012 video game Max Payne 3 where the method is used by south American criminals.

[edit]

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Praying for a miracle

Nothing doctors can do for baby with brain outside head  

Botho Molosankwe

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botho.molosankwe@inl.co.za  

Mantwa Mokoena is praying for a miracle. Every day she is at her son’s hospital crib at the neo-natal unit of Kroonstad’s Boitumelo hospital in the Free State.
Every three hours for the past three weeks, she expresses milk into a cup to be fed to baby Sibusiso via a tube, even though every minute might be his last.
Doctors say there is nothing they can do for him.
His condition is officially “incompatible with life”.
Sibusiso was born on July 4 with anencephaly, a birth defect that results in a brain growing outside a head.
According to his paediatrician, Dr Lizzy Tabane, the condition occurs early in the pregnancy at about four weeks after fertilisation, when the brain is still being formed. As the baby develops, the skull does not close properly and leaves a hole at the back of the child’s head.
Most of the brain grows outside the head and is covered by a very thin membrane.
Infants with anencephaly usually have a brain stem, which controls reflexes like breathing, but they do not have a forebrain or cerebrum that controls thinking.

“The brain that was formed is abnormal. The brain consists of the cerebral hemispheres on the sides, the cerebellum at the back as well as the brain stem. He has no cerebrum or cerebral hemisphere, just brain tissue and a brain stem which is connected to the spinal cord and helps him to breathe.
“But unfortunately he won’t last long and there is nothing we can do about it. There is no quality of life without a brain. All that we can do is offer him palliative care as there is nothing curative about his case,” Tabane said.
But despite being told that her first child might die at any time, Mokoena was praying for a miracle.
While she understands the seriousness of her baby’s condition, she says she is “waiting for him to get better. I have hope that he will be fine.
“I am so scared of lifting him up in case I hurt him. That part at the back containing his brain is very soft, it’s like touching a plastic with water. So I’m scared I will tear it.”
Mokoena’s partner, Sandile Sithole, has refused to accept that there was nothing that could be done for his baby boy and was searching for assistance.
Mokoena said: “He is hurting. This is his first child and it is difficult for him to accept what happened.”
Tabane said they had already counselled the couple and told them that they must “let nature take its course”.
In the meantime, she said, all they were doing was keeping the baby comfortable.
In her 17 years of being a doctor, Tabane said, Sibusiso was the third case of anencephaly she had seen.
The first child, she said, had died after a week and the second one after four weeks.
According to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the prognosis for patients is death.
Most anencephalic foetuses do not survive birth, and account for 55 percent of non-aborted cases. If the infant is not stillborn, then he or she will usually die within a few hours or days after birth from cardio-respiratory arrest.
There have been three recorded cases of children who have lived longer. Stephanie Keene, of Virginia, US, lived for two years and 174 days, and Nicholas Coke, of Pueblo, Colorado, is still alive after three and a half years, and Vitoria de Cristo, born in January 2010, is also still alive.
Anencephaly occurs in about four out of 10 000 births. Having one infant with this condition increases the risk of having another child with neural tube defects.

WHAT IS ANENCEPHALY?
* One of the most common neural tube defects.
* Neural tube defects are birth defects that affect the tissue that grows into the spinal cord and brain.
* Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby.
* It results when the upper part of the neural tube fails to close.
* Possible causes include environmental toxins, drink and drugs, and a low intake of folic acid during pregnancy.
* Folic acid could help reduce the risk of certain birth defects, including anencephaly.  


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