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.
Mr. Smithee, If you read the post again, you will find that I did NOT make that statement.
It was made by Mr. Warszaw, Member since Nov. 2, 2001, who is trying
to pin these atrocities on the Dutch, which is simply not the case.
Try reading the posts a little more carefully, please.
Thank you.
Official police statistics revealed on Wednesday that cases of 31 780 child rape or attempted rape had been reported to the police in the 18 months since January last yearquite sickening.
Yes, but it will be an integrated cemetery.
Please keep this story with you.
Every December 1, the liberals rant en mass that the west is responsible for AIDS in Africa.
Last year, on Fox Newswatch, Jeff Cohen even repeated the line that AIDS spread in Africa because Ronald Reagan didn't speak up sooner about AIDS.
AIDS is transmitted by BEHAVIORS. It is not the fault of the west for not giving money or cheap drugs or building hospitals or failing to say the word AIDS.
When December 1, Worlds AIDS Day, rolls around, have this story handy. Do an internet search on your own and you'll find even more.
The practice of having sex with children to "cure" AIDS is common in Africa and the press should be held accountable to report the facts and not their Marxist political agendas.
When I hear things like this I think to myself, "Let that whole d@mn continent of savages kill themselves off." The savagery and chaos that goes on over there is beyond evil......
Come Lord Jesus!
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