Posted on 11/02/2001 6:43:26 AM PST by SocialMeltdown
The nine-month-old baby girl from Kimberley in the Northern Cape who survived a gang rape has undergone a full hysterectomy and will require further surgery to repair intestinal damage, a hospital spokesperson said on Friday.
The Louisville baby was raped, allegedly by six Upington men last weekend after she was left unattended by her 16-year-old mother.
"Psychologically we do not know what the impact of her ordeal will be, but she is smiling at all the attention she is getting from all the hospital personnel. She had undergone a full hysterectomy and she suffered extensive damage to her colon and anus as well.
"There will be several more operations to repair her intestines," the spokeswoman said.
The six men, aged between 22 and 66, appeared in the Kimberley magistrate's court on charges of rape and indecent assault on Monday.
Kimberley police are still trying to confirm the rape of a three-year-old girl, allegedly by her grandfather, police Inspector Chantel Manuel said on Friday.
The girl was also admitted to the hospital earlier this week and was expected to undergo surgery on Monday.
In the eastern Free State two men from Tweeling appeared in court on Thursday after allegedly raping their 14-month-old niece on Tuesday. The girl also underwent surgery to repair internal damage and is recovering at home.
On Friday police in the Northern Province reported that a four-year-old girl from the former Venda had died of injuries she sustained four months ago when she was raped, allegedly by her 35-year-old father, at her home at Tshirolwe.
She died in the Mankweng Hospital near Pietersburg on Wednesday, Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said.
The man is to appear in court on December 28 on a charge of rape and murder.
Meanwhile, the African National Congress Women's League and the ANC Women's Caucus on Friday called on the country's courts to implement a minimum sentence which provided life sentences for men who raped children and babies knowing they (the men) were HIV-positive.
ANC caucus chairperson Lulu Xingwana said the superstition that HIV/Aids could be cured by raping babies, children and virgins was an "ignorant, unfounded and perverse belief".
"It is horrifying to learn that adult family members including fathers are amongst those alleged to have committee these atrocities ...mostly the alleged rapes are committed by fathers, brothers, sons, grandfathers and uncles whom they look to for care and protection."
She said these atrocities were linked to the abuse of alcohol and drugs, beliefs that women were sub-human and to superstitions surrounding HIV/Aids.
Police earlier this week said that in the 18 months since January 2000 almost 32 000 reports of child rape and sexual attacks on children under the age of 18 occurred countrywide.
No this is South Africa, Islam is more prevalent in North Africa amongst the African nations nearer to the Arabic world.
Although there is a Muslim community it is the Asian community who don’t mix with the Blacks.
Tony
The implication here is that most, if not all of these perpetrators were HIV positive. Thus, if any of these poor children survive, they may end up with AIDs. Is there any punishment that is not warranted?
No Sh*t! I didn't know that, but am not surprised. So much for the sanity of their liberal sexual behavior. Perverted and twisted.
He told me about his farming parents and how they feared for their lives on a daily basis -- the farm, by its nature, can't have neighbors close at hand, and they are easy targets for robbers and thieves. Hard to sleep at night, difficult to work during the day. He said all of these problems are exacerbated by the family being not white.
The country needs MUCH prayer and a nation of changed hearts.
Well...at least those evil white people are not in charge anymore...
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Did you not read this you jerk. Talk about a uncalled for slur.
I sort of violated this in #41, but I think it was called for. If not, I apologise to all.
A .357 to the back of the head would be quick and efficient. But personally, I'd rather see them staked over one of those huge ant piles they have in Africa.
The UN will not be satisified until every nation and people live and die like this.
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