Is Kenya also not in Africa?
Posted on 04/03/2009 10:56:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
A South African judge has sentenced three men to life in prison for killing reggae star Lucky Dube in 2007.
The 43-year-old was shot as the three stole his car in a Johannesburg suburb in a case which shocked the nation...
"The sentence won't heal me, but we are happy they were arrested and that the law took its course," his wife Zanele Dube said afterwards...
The court had heard that the three men thought their victim was Nigerian and did not realise his identity until they read about it in the newspapers the following day.
Our reporter says one of the banners outside court read: "Lucky Dube did not look like a Nigerian; he's an African."
According to Sapa, the court also sentenced Sifiso Mhlanga, Julius Gxowa, and Mbuti Mabe to 15 years each for the attempted robbery of Dube's car...
South Africa's best-selling reggae artist, Dube recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans during his 25-year career.
The killing had led to renewed domestic calls for the restoration of the death penalty in a bid to stem one of the world's highest murder rates.
Our reporter says South Africa's international image has been tarnished by its alarming crime levels.
Nearly 19,000 people were murdered last year, according to official statistics...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Is Kenya also not in Africa?
What part of "Thou shalt not suffer a murderer to live" don't we understand?
a reggae singer named ‘dube’
who’d a thunk it.
The killing had led to renewed domestic calls for the restoration of the death penalty in a bid to stem one of the world's highest murder rates....Nearly 19,000 people were murdered last year, according to official statistics.
Stupid murdering criminals........
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